Fix spelling of `errno' and add cross-references.

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wollman 2001-06-18 22:26:31 +00:00
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.\" @(#)confstr.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd June 4, 1993
.Dd June 18, 2001
.Dt CONFSTR 3
.Os BSD 4
.Sh NAME
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.Ft size_t
.Fn confstr "int name" "char *buf" "size_t len"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Bf -symbolic
This interface is obsoleted by
This interface is specified by
.\" .St -p1003.1-200x .
.Tn POSIX .
A more flexible (but non-portable) interface is provided by
.Xr sysctl 3 .
.Ef
.Pp
The
.Fn confstr
function provides a method for applications to get configuration
defined string values.
Shell programmers needing access to these parameters should use the
.Xr getconf 1
utility.
.Pp
The
.Fa name
argument specifies the system variable to be queried.
Symbolic constants for each name value are found in the include file
.Li <unistd.h> .
.Aq Pa unistd.h .
The
.Fa len
argument specifies the size of the buffer referenced by the
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The
.Fn confstr
function may fail and set
.Va error
.Va errno
for any of the errors specified for the library functions
.Xr malloc 3
and
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argument is invalid.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr getconf 1 ,
.Xr pathconf 2 ,
.Xr sysconf 3 ,
.Xr sysctl 3
.Sh HISTORY
The