Return to deprecated.2 CVS log

Up to [Research Unix] / researchv10dc / man / adm / man2

Annotation of researchv10dc/man/adm/man2/deprecated.2, revision 1.1

1.1     ! root        1: .TH DEPRECATED 2
        !             2: .CT 2 misc
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: reboot, vadvise, vlimit, vswapon, getgroups,
        !             5: setgroups \(mi system calls to be avoided
        !             6: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             7: .nf
        !             8: .B int reboot(how)
        !             9: .PP
        !            10: .B int vadvise(how)
        !            11: .PP
        !            12: .B int vlimit(what, limit)
        !            13: .PP
        !            14: .B int vswapon(special)
        !            15: .B char *special;
        !            16: .PP
        !            17: .B #include <sys/param.h>
        !            18: .PP
        !            19: .B int getgroups(ngroups, gidset)
        !            20: .B short *gidset;
        !            21: .PP
        !            22: .B setgroups(ngroups, gidset)
        !            23: .B short *gidset;
        !            24: .fi
        !            25: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            26: These calls are hangovers from prior versions of the system.
        !            27: Some exist only for system maintenance purposes;
        !            28: some depend on the virtual memory implementation.
        !            29: None should be used except as a last resort.
        !            30: Most are not included in
        !            31: .BR /lib/libc.a .
        !            32: .PP
        !            33: .I Reboot
        !            34: finishes any pending I/O
        !            35: and reboots the system
        !            36: (if
        !            37: .I how
        !            38: is 0)
        !            39: or puts the system into a tight loop with interrupts disabled
        !            40: (if
        !            41: .I how
        !            42: is 8).
        !            43: It is restricted to the super-user.
        !            44: .PP
        !            45: .I Vadvise
        !            46: gives the virtual memory system
        !            47: hints about the paging behavior
        !            48: of the current process.
        !            49: .PP
        !            50: .I Vlimit
        !            51: sets various resource limits,
        !            52: such as the amount of memory allowed for text and data,
        !            53: and the maximum size of core images.
        !            54: .PP
        !            55: .I Vswapon
        !            56: adds
        !            57: the block device
        !            58: .I special
        !            59: to the pool of swap space.
        !            60: The device must be listed in a table
        !            61: compiled into the operating system;
        !            62: .I vswapon
        !            63: merely enables it.
        !            64: .PP
        !            65: .I Getgroups
        !            66: stores at most
        !            67: .I ngroups
        !            68: elements of the group access list of the current process
        !            69: in the array 
        !            70: .IR gidset .
        !            71: .PP
        !            72: .I Setgroups
        !            73: sets the group access list of the current user process from
        !            74: .IR gidset .
        !            75: .I Ngroups
        !            76: gives the number of entries; it must not exceed
        !            77: .BR NGROUPS ,
        !            78: defined in
        !            79: .BR <param.h> .
        !            80: Only the super-user may add groups to the list.
        !            81: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            82: .I
        !            83: Unix Programmer's Manual, Seventh Edition, Virtual VAX-11 Version,
        !            84: Volume 1, 1980 (Berkeley)

This archive runs on limited infrastructure. Preserving old code on modern bandwidth. Automated agents are requested to crawl responsibly.