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+						 AMD64 LINUX SYSCALLS
+
+A quick reference for some basic system calls on AMD64 Linux.  Built
+using LaTeX; to render a PDF (given a working TeX Live installation),
+run "pdflatex main".
+
+Released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
+4.0 International; see LICENSE file for the full text of the license.