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authorTodd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-04-05 17:40:29 +0000
committerTodd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-04-05 17:40:29 +0000
commita760ebc4f959ea72ae4a4639fbd48b8f77ad6009 (patch)
tree616bb4b797f6b5ea4fa7e32518c2512af98f4e8c /lib
parent877d2328b86828cecacf54c34ef5d7b874a956cf (diff)
Clarify _SC_ARG_MAX
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/gen/sysconf.39
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/sysconf.3 b/lib/libc/gen/sysconf.3
index ad432335843..f28af9554bd 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/sysconf.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/sysconf.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: sysconf.3,v 1.11 1999/07/09 13:35:19 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sysconf.3,v 1.12 2000/04/05 17:40:28 millert Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ The available values are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width "123456"
.Pp
.It Li _SC_ARG_MAX
-The maximum bytes of argument to
-.Xr exec 2 .
+The maximum bytes of arguments to
+.Xr exec 2
+(including the environment).
.It Li _SC_CHILD_MAX
The maximum number of simultaneous processes per user id.
.It Li _SC_CLK_TCK
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ at any one time.
The minimum maximum number of types supported for the name of a
timezone.
.It Li _SC_JOB_CONTROL
-Return 1 if job control is available on this system, otherwise \-1.
+Returns 1 if job control is available on this system, otherwise \-1.
.It Li _SC_SAVED_IDS
Returns 1 if saved set-group-ID and saved set-user-ID is available,
otherwise \-1.