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Diffstat (limited to 'man2/sysctl.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/sysctl.2 | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man2/sysctl.2 b/man2/sysctl.2 index 7f2390e90f..a8a9d24206 100644 --- a/man2/sysctl.2 +++ b/man2/sysctl.2 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" Modified Tue Oct 22 22:28:41 1996 by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> .\" Modified Mon Jan 5 20:31:04 1998 by aeb. .\" -.TH SYSCTL 2 2008-11-20 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH SYSCTL 2 2012-07-13 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME sysctl \- read/write system parameters .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ sysctl \- read/write system parameters .sp .BI "int _sysctl(struct __sysctl_args *" args ); .fi + +.IR Note : +There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES. .SH DESCRIPTION .B Do not use this system call! See NOTES. @@ -109,8 +112,9 @@ function is the same in both. .SH NOTES Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call; call it using .BR syscall (2). - -Or rather... don't call it: +Or rather... +.I don't +call it: use of this system call has long been discouraged, and it is so unloved that \fBit is likely to disappear in a future kernel version\fP. |