Module Name: src
Committed By: yamt
Date: Thu Jan 5 07:06:00 UTC 2012
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/compat-43: getdtablesize.3
Log Message:
move the most of description to an appropriate section, HISTORY.
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Index: src/lib/libc/compat-43/getdtablesize.3
diff -u src/lib/libc/compat-43/getdtablesize.3:1.13 src/lib/libc/compat-43/getdtablesize.3:1.14
--- src/lib/libc/compat-43/getdtablesize.3:1.13 Thu Aug 7 16:42:39 2003
+++ src/lib/libc/compat-43/getdtablesize.3 Thu Jan 5 07:05:59 2012
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" from: @(#)getdtablesize.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
-.\" $NetBSD: getdtablesize.3,v 1.13 2003/08/07 16:42:39 agc Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: getdtablesize.3,v 1.14 2012/01/05 07:05:59 yamt Exp $
.\"
-.Dd June 4, 1993
+.Dd January 5, 2012
.Dt GETDTABLESIZE 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -41,13 +41,12 @@
.Ft int
.Fn getdtablesize void
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-Each process has a fixed size descriptor table,
-which is guaranteed to have at least 20 slots.
-The entries in
-the descriptor table are numbered with small integers starting at 0.
-The call
-.Fn getdtablesize
-returns the size of this table.
+The
+.Nm
+function is an equivalent of
+.Fn sysconf
+with
+.Dv _SC_OPEN_MAX .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr close 2 ,
.Xr dup 2 ,
@@ -60,3 +59,12 @@ The
.Fn getdtablesize
function call appeared in
.Bx 4.2 .
+.Pp
+Historically, each process had a fixed size descriptor table,
+which is guaranteed to have at least 20 slots.
+The entries in
+the descriptor table are numbered with small integers starting at 0.
+The call
+.Fn getdtablesize
+used to return the size of this table.
+It doesn't make much sense these days because the size of the table is dynamic.
