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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-11-26 04:26:01 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-11-26 04:26:01 +0000
commitafc88d972b6b8111ad84d86b47ae95a4576a9f3a (patch)
tree773b06a3d43591b3f967fef9b599af954d196f13 /share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5
parent73fecfbf6b26bfff2859905d05ce02787721db6c (diff)
share/man/man5/ man page repairs
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diff --git a/share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5
index a3be418fb14..f1398120973 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: sysctl.conf.5,v 1.2 1998/06/26 03:08:39 millert Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sysctl.conf.5,v 1.3 1998/11/26 04:25:59 aaron Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\"
.Dd June 25, 1998
.Os
-.Dt SYSCTL.CONF 8
+.Dt SYSCTL.CONF 5
.Sh NAME
.Nm sysctl.conf
.Nd sysctl variables to set at bootup
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ early on in the boot sequence.
.Pp
The file is made up of
.Xr sysctl 8
-variable assignments (variable=value) with comments designated by a hash,
-.Dq # .
+variable assignments
+.Pq Ar variable Ns No = Ns Ar value
+with comments designated by a hash mark
+.Pq Sq # .
.Sh EXAMPLES
To turn on IP forwarding, one would use the following line:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
@@ -55,12 +57,14 @@ the debugger, the following can be used:
ddb.panic=0
.Ed
.Sh FILES
-.Pa /etc/sysctl.conf
+.Bl -tag -width /etc/sysctl.conf -compact
+.It Pa /etc/sysctl.conf
+.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr rc 8 ,
.Xr sysctl 8
.Sh HISTORY
-The file
+A
.Nm sysctl.conf
-first appeared in
+file first appeared in
.Ox 2.3 .