From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc.5: /proc/sys: describe whitespace characters Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 13:36:01 +0200 Message-ID: <55F2BCA1.4070904@gmail.com> References: <1440537197-14327-1-git-send-email-xypron.glpk@gmx.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1440537197-14327-1-git-send-email-xypron.glpk-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Heinrich Schuchardt Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org On 08/25/2015 11:13 PM, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote: > Suggested patch > https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/8/24/171 > indicates missing documentation. Thanks, Heinrich. Applied. Cheers, Michael > Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt > --- > man5/proc.5 | 10 ++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 > index bb648d4..85e3b76 100644 > --- a/man5/proc.5 > +++ b/man5/proc.5 > @@ -3303,6 +3303,16 @@ These variables can be read and sometimes modified using > the \fI/proc\fP filesystem, and the (deprecated) > .BR sysctl (2) > system call. > + > +String values may be terminated by either of \'\\0\' or \'\\n\'. > + > +Integer and long values may be written either in decimal or in > +hexadecimal notation (e.g. 0x3FFF). > +When writing multiple integer or long values these may be separated > +by either of the following whitespace characters: > +\' \', \'\\t\', or \'\\n\'. > +Using other separators leads to an error > +.BR EINVAL . > .TP > .IR /proc/sys/abi " (since Linux 2.4.10)" > This directory may contain files with application binary information. > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html