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author | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2003-09-09 11:55:06 +0000 |
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committer | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2003-09-09 11:55:06 +0000 |
commit | 32938b7ea2e0f6c05adfc12a8a2108b4053961d3 (patch) | |
tree | c6cd166c35e24b908df04f6221cb67aca9dbc463 | |
parent | 5104d1ae71097533b0b441f4e0ecfbdb644edb98 (diff) |
slight cleanup of man page and sync usage();
-rw-r--r-- | sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 | 24 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | sbin/sysctl/sysctl.c | 8 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 b/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 index c856c578b4d..0ecf2969f3c 100644 --- a/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 +++ b/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: sysctl.8,v 1.106 2003/08/23 19:26:25 tedu Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: sysctl.8,v 1.107 2003/09/09 11:55:05 jmc Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: sysctl.8,v 1.4 1995/09/30 07:12:49 thorpej Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1993 @@ -39,22 +39,23 @@ .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm sysctl .Op Fl n -.Ar name ... +.Ar variable ... .Nm sysctl .Op Fl nq .Fl w -.Ar name=value ... +.Ar variable Ns = Ns Ar value ... .Nm sysctl -.Op Fl n .Fl aA +.Op Fl n .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility retrieves kernel state and allows processes with appropriate privilege to set kernel state. The state to be retrieved or set is described using a -``Management Information Base'' (``MIB'') style name, -described as a dotted set of components. +.Dq Management Information Base +.Pq MIB +style name, described as a dotted set of components. .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width xxx @@ -68,11 +69,10 @@ flag; for the table values, the name of the utility to retrieve them is given. .It Fl n Suppress printing of the field name, only output the field value. Useful for setting shell variables. -.Bd -literal -Example: - Set the psize shell variable to the pagesize of the hardware - # set psize=`sysctl -n hw.pagesize` -.Ed +For example, to set the psize shell variable to the pagesize of the hardware: +.Pp +.Dl # set psize=`sysctl -n hw.pagesize` +.Pp .It Fl q Suppress all output when setting a variable. This option overrides the behaviour of @@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ Use of the .Fl A flag lists all the filesystems compiled into the running kernel. .Sh FILES -.Bl -tag -width <ufs/ffs/ffs_extern.h> -compact +.Bl -tag -width <uvm/uvm_swap_encrypt.h> -compact .It Aq Pa sys/sysctl.h definitions for top level identifiers, second level kernel and hardware identifiers, and user level identifiers diff --git a/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.c b/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.c index af03793735d..9af8107b4b2 100644 --- a/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.c +++ b/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.c @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -/* $OpenBSD: sysctl.c,v 1.97 2003/08/24 01:30:26 tedu Exp $ */ +/* $OpenBSD: sysctl.c,v 1.98 2003/09/09 11:55:05 jmc Exp $ */ /* $NetBSD: sysctl.c,v 1.9 1995/09/30 07:12:50 thorpej Exp $ */ /* @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static const char copyright[] = #if 0 static const char sccsid[] = "@(#)sysctl.c 8.5 (Berkeley) 5/9/95"; #else -static char *rcsid = "$OpenBSD: sysctl.c,v 1.97 2003/08/24 01:30:26 tedu Exp $"; +static char *rcsid = "$OpenBSD: sysctl.c,v 1.98 2003/09/09 11:55:05 jmc Exp $"; #endif #endif /* not lint */ @@ -2141,8 +2141,8 @@ void usage(void) { - (void)fprintf(stderr, "usage:\t%s\n\t%s\n\t%s\n\t%s\n", + (void)fprintf(stderr, "usage:\t%s\n\t%s\n\t%s\n", "sysctl [-n] variable ...", "sysctl [-nq] -w variable=value ...", - "sysctl [-n] -a", "sysctl [-n] -A"); + "sysctl -aA [-n]"); exit(1); } |