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author | alex <alex@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-01-11 21:43:38 +0000 |
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committer | alex <alex@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-01-11 21:43:38 +0000 |
commit | 8488139b2f59f7f018eb95dfc5e5e9a875c47243 (patch) | |
tree | 8faba0a2e174e51d38b77360c5f2a9815e6a8b0b /lib/libc | |
parent | 2aff55e25fd0e9baef0fea9e9feb2ebbe6628fbe (diff) | |
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Document that arg max is controllable via sysctl.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/execve.2 | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/execve.2 b/lib/libc/sys/execve.2 index 36e69ad..c7a5d87 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/execve.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/execve.2 @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)execve.2 8.5 (Berkeley) 6/1/94 +.\" $Id$ .\" .Dd June 1, 1994 .Dt EXECVE 2 @@ -239,12 +240,12 @@ The new process requires more virtual memory than is allowed by the imposed maximum .Pq Xr getrlimit 2 . .It Bq Er E2BIG -The number of bytes in the new process's argument list +The number of bytes in the new process' argument list is larger than the system-imposed limit. -The limit in the system as released is 65536 bytes -.Pf ( Dv NCARGS -in -.Ao Pa sys/param.h Ac ) . +This limit is specified by the +.Xr sysctl 3 +MIB variable +.Dv KERN_ARGMAX . .It Bq Er EFAULT The new process file is not as long as indicated by the size values in its header. @@ -271,6 +272,7 @@ of a super-user as well. .Xr fork 2 , .Xr execl 3 , .Xr exit 3 , +.Xr sysctl 3 , .Xr environ 7 .Sh HISTORY The |