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#! /bin/sh /usr/share/dpatch/dpatch-run
## 10_sysctl_8.dpatch by <csmall@debian.org>
##
## All lines beginning with `## DP:' are a description of the patch.
## DP: -p flag has OPTIONAL filename (#297144)
## DP: cleanup ssysctl man page #282168
@DPATCH@
diff -urNad procps-3.2.7~/sysctl.8 procps-3.2.7/sysctl.8
--- procps-3.2.7~/sysctl.8 2006-06-26 09:44:20.000000000 +1000
+++ procps-3.2.7/sysctl.8 2006-06-26 12:42:08.000000000 +1000
@@ -10,76 +10,108 @@
.SH NAME
sysctl \- configure kernel parameters at runtime
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B "sysctl [-n] [-e] variable ..."
+.B sysctl
+.RB [ \-n ]
+.RB [ \-e ]
+.I variable
+\&...
.br
-.B "sysctl [-n] [-e] [-q] -w variable=value ..."
+.B sysctl
+.RB [ \-n ]
+.RB [ \-e ]
+.RB [ \-q ]
+.B \-w
+.IR variable = value
+\&...
.br
-.B "sysctl [-n] [-e] [-q] -p <filename>"
+.B sysctl
+.RB [ \-n ]
+.RB [ \-e ]
+.RB [ \-q ]
+.B \-p
+.RI [ filename ]
.br
-.B "sysctl [-n] [-e] -a"
+.B sysctl
+.RB [ \-n ]
+.RB [ \-e ]
+.B \-a
.br
-.B "sysctl [-n] [-e] -A"
+.B sysctl
+.RB [ \-n ]
+.RB [ \-e ]
+.B \-A
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B sysctl
is used to modify kernel parameters at runtime. The parameters available
are those listed under /proc/sys/. Procfs is required for
-.B sysctl(8)
+.B sysctl
support in Linux. You can use
-.B sysctl(8)
+.B sysctl
to both read and write sysctl data.
.SH PARAMETERS
.TP
-.B "variable"
+.I variable
The name of a key to read from. An example is kernel.ostype. The '/'
separator is also accepted in place of a '.'.
.TP
-.B "variable=value"
-To set a key, use the form variable=value, where variable is the key and
-value is the value to set it to. If the value contains quotes or characters
+.IR variable = value
+To set a key, use the form
+.IR variable = value
+where
+.I variable
+is the key and
+.I value
+is the value to set it to. If the value contains quotes or characters
which are parsed by the shell, you may need to enclose the value in double
-quotes. This requires the -w parameter to use.
+quotes. This requires the
+.B \-w
+parameter to use.
.TP
-.B "-n"
+.B \-n
Use this option to disable printing of the key name when printing values.
.TP
-.B "-e"
+.B \-e
Use this option to ignore errors about unknown keys.
.TP
-.B "-N"
+.B \-N
Use this option to only print the names. It may be useful with shells that
have programmable completion.
.TP
-.B "-q"
+.B \-q
Use this option to not display the values set to stdout.
.TP
-.B "-w"
+.B \-w
Use this option when you want to change a sysctl setting.
.TP
-.B "-p"
+.B \-p
Load in sysctl settings from the file specified or /etc/sysctl.conf if none given.
Specifying \- as filename means reading data from standard input.
.TP
-.B "-a"
+.B \-a
Display all values currently available.
.TP
-.B "-A"
+.B \-A
Display all values currently available in table form.
.SH EXAMPLES
-.TP
-/sbin/sysctl -a
-.TP
-/sbin/sysctl -n kernel.hostname
-.TP
-/sbin/sysctl -w kernel.domainname="example.com"
-.TP
-/sbin/sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf
+/sbin/sysctl \-a
+.br
+/sbin/sysctl \-n kernel.hostname
+.br
+/sbin/sysctl \-w kernel.domainname="example.com"
+.br
+/sbin/sysctl \-p /etc/sysctl.conf
.SH FILES
.I /proc/sys
+.br
.I /etc/sysctl.conf
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR sysctl.conf (5)
.SH BUGS
-The -A parameter behaves just as -a does.
+The
+.B \-A
+parameter behaves just as
+.B \-a
+does.
.SH AUTHOR
George Staikos, <staikos@0wned.org>
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