Unistdx is a C++ library that offers object-oriented interface to Linux system calls. It is built on several core principles:

• use UNIX API where possible, but optimise for Linux,
• use standard C++ abstractions to map system calls (containers, iterators, input/output streams, traits classes, guards etc.),
• inherit standard libc structures for maximal transparency,
• throw an exception when system call fails,
• use asynchronous input/output by default.