Re: [PATCH 2/2] sysctl.7: create as .so man5/proc.5

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Hi наб,

On 4/1/23 00:04, наб wrote:
> This way "whatis sysctl" shows the list of sysctls and documentation,
> in addition to the syscall and program. Indeed, the latter two aren't
> all that useful without the former.
> 
> Not a single concrete file, and it's more of an interface => goes in 7.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ahelenia Ziemiańska <nabijaczleweli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  man7/sysctl.7 | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>  create mode 100644 man7/sysctl.7
> 
> diff --git a/man7/sysctl.7 b/man7/sysctl.7
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000..d8be74ac8
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/man7/sysctl.7
> @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> +.so man5/proc.5

How about a SEE ALSO reference in the sysctl(8) page instead?  I had
a look at that page, and it hints that you should look at proc(5)
--it mentions /proc/sys/, although there's no explicit reference to
proc(5)--.

Cheers,
Alex


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