[PATCH] msgctl.2: Add note about ignored arg to IPC_RMID.

[PATCH] msgctl.2: Add note about ignored arg to IPC_RMID.

[Cyril Hrubis]

This bit of information is missing from the man page but can be, for
example, found in the Linux Programming Interface book.

Signed-off-by: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>
---
 man2/msgctl.2 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man2/msgctl.2 b/man2/msgctl.2
index 9ffd75b..5f32be6 100644
--- a/man2/msgctl.2
+++ b/man2/msgctl.2
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ set to
 .BR EIDRM ).
 The calling process must have appropriate privileges
 or its effective user ID must be either that of the creator or owner
-of the message queue.
+of the message queue. The third argument to msgctl() is ignored in this case.
 .TP
 .BR IPC_INFO " (Linux-specific)"
 Returns information about system-wide message queue limits and
-- 
1.8.3.2


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Re: [PATCH] msgctl.2: Add note about ignored arg to IPC_RMID.

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

On 02/06/2014 03:07 PM, Cyril Hrubis wrote:
> This bit of information is missing from the man page but can be, for

Thanks, Cyril. Patch applied.

Cheers,

Michael


> example, found in the Linux Programming Interface book.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  man2/msgctl.2 | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man2/msgctl.2 b/man2/msgctl.2
> index 9ffd75b..5f32be6 100644
> --- a/man2/msgctl.2
> +++ b/man2/msgctl.2
> @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ set to
>  .BR EIDRM ).
>  The calling process must have appropriate privileges
>  or its effective user ID must be either that of the creator or owner
> -of the message queue.
> +of the message queue. The third argument to msgctl() is ignored in this case.
>  .TP
>  .BR IPC_INFO " (Linux-specific)"
>  Returns information about system-wide message queue limits and
> 


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