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diff --git a/man/man5/proc_sys.5 b/man/man5/proc_sys.5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fc5713a --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man5/proc_sys.5 @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +.\" Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, Daniel Quinlan <quinlan@yggdrasil.com> +.\" Copyright (C) 2002-2008, 2017, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> +.\" Copyright (C) , Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl> +.\" Copyright (C) 2023, Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later +.\" +.TH proc_sys 5 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" +.SH NAME +/proc/sys/ \- system information, and sysctl pseudo-filesystem +.SH DESCRIPTION +.TP +.I /proc/sys/ +This directory (present since Linux 1.3.57) contains a number of files +and subdirectories corresponding to kernel variables. +These variables can be read and in some cases modified using +the \fI/proc\fP filesystem, and the (deprecated) +.BR sysctl (2) +system call. +.IP +String values may be terminated by either \[aq]\e0\[aq] or \[aq]\en\[aq]. +.IP +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 any of the following whitespace characters: +\[aq]\ \[aq], \[aq]\et\[aq], or \[aq]\en\[aq]. +Using other separators leads to the error +.BR EINVAL . +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR proc (5) |