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| author | bde <bde@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-11-04 17:03:34 +0000 |
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| committer | bde <bde@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-11-04 17:03:34 +0000 |
| commit | bc07c30e0f4961c4e1a4a2a76d16213dcac7a6c5 (patch) | |
| tree | 3ed2608d224a6a16bd7788eddec8c22c92342dfc /lib | |
| parent | 96c8a8c203a8bc488386658545ed9c36df277629 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-bc07c30e0f4961c4e1a4a2a76d16213dcac7a6c5.zip FreeBSD-src-bc07c30e0f4961c4e1a4a2a76d16213dcac7a6c5.tar.gz | |
Document that the `old' count is returned for the ENOMEM case.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/gen/sysctl.3 | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/sysctl.3 b/lib/libc/gen/sysctl.3 index 2f80218..b33bc44 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/sysctl.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/sysctl.3 @@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ The information is copied into the buffer specified by The size of the buffer is given by the location specified by .Fa oldlenp before the call, -and that location gives the amount of data copied after a successful call. +and that location gives the amount of data copied after a successful call +and after a call that returns with the error code ENOMEM. If the amount of data available is greater than the size of the buffer supplied, the call supplies as much data as fits in the buffer provided |
