Re: [PATCH 1/2] pipe.2: mention fcntl and F_GETPIPE_SZ/F_SETPIPE_SZ

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Hello Vegard,

On 08/13/2016 03:35 AM, Vegard Nossum wrote:
Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 man2/pipe.2 | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git man2/pipe.2 man2/pipe.2
index 88835ca..e817ba9 100644
--- man2/pipe.2
+++ man2/pipe.2
@@ -130,6 +130,14 @@ file status flag on the two new open file descriptions.
 Using this flag saves extra calls to
 .BR fcntl (2)
 to achieve the same result.
+.P
+On Linux, the size of the pipe buffer can be obtained or changed using
+.B F_GETPIPE_SZ
+and
+.B F_SETPIPE_SZ;
+see
+.BR fcntl (2)
+for more information.

This detail is covered (with rather more context), in pipe(7), which is
referenced in the first paragraph of the pipe(2) page.

Cheers,

Michael


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