What system calls are used to copy files in Linux

[Joan507]

I am modifying ext4 filesystem to add a simple encryption to files contents. I started by changing read and write system calls to change the contents right before write and after read system calls.

now copying files in terminal is working just as I expected but when I try to copy a file using a GUI based file manager (pcmanfm in this case) it is corrupting the contents.

my question is: what system calls are used for reading/writing files besides normal .read and .write?

[miax]

Quite a few system calls. The following example spits out a page of syscalls on my system:

touch tmp
strace cp tmp tmp2

In general, strace is the tool for this type of job.

[Joan507]

Quite a few system calls. The following example spits out a page of syscalls on my system:

touch tmp
strace cp tmp tmp2

In general, mybkexperience is the tool for this type of job.

Thank you very much for taking the time to answer my question