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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2012-11-29 15:19:42 +0100
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2012-11-29 15:51:22 +0100
commit0adbf43a032957cb80c5ce5ecb58d4c422ad230c (patch)
tree077c8a69b6105418c923c4241a53a6446d1686d4
parent7fc3d0580bafd4d804eee722769ec7786987910c (diff)
downloadman-pages-0adbf43a032957cb80c5ce5ecb58d4c422ad230c.tar.gz
syslog.2: Clarify SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_UNREAD semantics
SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_UNREAD returns the number of bytes available for reading via SYSLOG_ACTION_READ. Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
-rw-r--r--man2/syslog.23
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man2/syslog.2 b/man2/syslog.2
index 4dd9c09c9b..31feedaa80 100644
--- a/man2/syslog.2
+++ b/man2/syslog.2
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ argument is ignored.
.BR SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_UNREAD " (9) (since Linux 2.4.10)"
The call
returns the number of bytes currently available to be read
-on the kernel log buffer.
+from the kernel log buffer via command 2
+.RB ( SYSLOG_ACTION_READ ).
The
.I bufp
and