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.Dd January 8, 2008
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2011-05-25 14:13:53 +00:00
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.Dt FEATURE_PRESENT 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm feature_present
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.Nd query presence of a kernel feature
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In unistd.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn feature_present "const char *feature"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn feature_present
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function provides a method for an application to determine if a specific
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kernel feature is present in the currently running kernel.
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The
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.Fa feature
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argument specifies the name of the feature to check.
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The
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.Fn feature_present
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function will return 1 if the specified feature is present,
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otherwise it will return 0.
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If the
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.Fn feature_present
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function is not able to determine the presence of
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.Fa feature
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due to an internal error it will return 0.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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If
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.Fa feature
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is present then 1 is returned;
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otherwise 0 is returned.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr sysconf 3 ,
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.Xr sysctl 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn feature_present
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function first appeared in
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.Fx 8.0 .
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