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Date:      Thu, 27 Jun 2002 23:57:11 -0600 (CST)
From:      Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com>
To:        John Kozubik <john@kozubik.com>
Cc:        Brian Astill <bastill@sa.apana.org.au>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: microuptime
Message-ID:  <20020627235408.R50557-100000@ren.sasknow.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0206272228470.20228-100000@www>

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John Kozubik wrote to Brian Astill:

> Hello,
>
> You can see all of your existing sysctl variables by executing this
> command:
>
> `sysctl -a | more`
>
> Further, you can set a specific sysctl variable with a command like
> this:
>
> `sysctl -w kern.timecounter.method=1`

Hi John,

Not to pick nits, but that syntax changed slightly in 4.x.

From sysctl(8):

COMPATIBILITY
     The -w option has been deprecated and is silently ignored.

So, -w is no longer required. Otherwise, your advice is fine.

- Ryan

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