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author | wollman <wollman@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-06-18 22:26:31 +0000 |
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committer | wollman <wollman@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-06-18 22:26:31 +0000 |
commit | 0f5efa86e5d00f56f82663a4b3abe375cfe6a8e1 (patch) | |
tree | cbafe9c5d3a6da063119217029549b6b2ba73ace /lib/libc/gen/confstr.3 | |
parent | ca0dfa8b791fde9ae6cb28aaa1b38c294e03bc0d (diff) | |
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Fix spelling of `errno' and add cross-references.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/gen/confstr.3')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/gen/confstr.3 | 19 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/confstr.3 b/lib/libc/gen/confstr.3 index 8071f8e..6dfd830 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/confstr.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/confstr.3 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ .\" @(#)confstr.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 4, 1993 +.Dd June 18, 2001 .Dt CONFSTR 3 .Os BSD 4 .Sh NAME @@ -45,21 +45,25 @@ .Ft size_t .Fn confstr "int name" "char *buf" "size_t len" .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Bf -symbolic -This interface is obsoleted by +This interface is specified by +.\" .St -p1003.1-200x . +.Tn POSIX . +A more flexible (but non-portable) interface is provided by .Xr sysctl 3 . -.Ef .Pp The .Fn confstr function provides a method for applications to get configuration defined string values. +Shell programmers needing access to these parameters should use the +.Xr getconf 1 +utility. .Pp The .Fa name argument specifies the system variable to be queried. Symbolic constants for each name value are found in the include file -.Li <unistd.h> . +.Aq Pa unistd.h . The .Fa len argument specifies the size of the buffer referenced by the @@ -107,7 +111,7 @@ was truncated. The .Fn confstr function may fail and set -.Va error +.Va errno for any of the errors specified for the library functions .Xr malloc 3 and @@ -121,6 +125,9 @@ The value of the argument is invalid. .El .Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr getconf 1 , +.Xr pathconf 2 , +.Xr sysconf 3 , .Xr sysctl 3 .Sh HISTORY The |