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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
.\" 2008-02-15, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
.\" Update LOG_BUF_LEN details; update RETURN VALUE section.
.\"
-.TH syslog 2 2023-03-30 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
+.TH syslog 2 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
.SH NAME
syslog, klogctl \- read and/or clear kernel message ring buffer;
set console_loglevel
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ Standard C library
.BR "#include <sys/klog.h>" " /* Definition of " SYSLOG_* " constants */"
.BR "#include <sys/syscall.h>" " /* Definition of " SYS_* " constants */"
.B #include <unistd.h>
-.PP
+.P
.BI "int syscall(SYS_syslog, int " type ", char *" bufp ", int " len );
-.PP
+.P
/* The glibc interface */
.B #include <sys/klog.h>
-.PP
+.P
.BI "int klogctl(int " type ", char *" bufp ", int " len );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ which talks to
see
.BR syslog (3)
for details.
-.PP
+.P
This page describes the kernel
.BR syslog ()
system call, which is used to control the kernel
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ The
and
.I len
arguments are ignored.
-.PP
+.P
All commands except 3 and 10 require privilege.
In Linux kernels before Linux 2.6.37,
command types 3 and 10 are allowed to unprivileged processes;
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ T}
KERN_INFO 6 Informational
KERN_DEBUG 7 Debug-level messages
.TE
-.sp 1
+.P
The kernel
.I printk()
routine will print a message on the
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ For \fItype\fP 10,
.BR syslog ()
returns the total size of the kernel log buffer.
For other values of \fItype\fP, 0 is returned on success.
-.PP
+.P
In case of error, \-1 is returned,
and \fIerrno\fP is set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS