Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 17:40:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Christian Brueffer <chris@unixpages.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/65070: acct(2) patch Message-ID: <200404160040.i3G0eE2j039130@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/65070; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Christian Brueffer <chris@unixpages.org> To: Marc Silver <marcs@draenor.org> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/65070: acct(2) patch Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 02:38:02 +0200 --D6IIOQQv2Iwyp54J Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 12:55:23PM +0100, Marc Silver wrote: A few comments: >=20 > --- acct.2-orig Fri Apr 2 12:35:55 2004 > +++ acct.2 Fri Apr 2 12:38:16 2004 > @@ -75,9 +75,27 @@ > .Pp > This call is permitted only to the super-user. > .Sh NOTES > -Accounting is automatically disabled when the file system the > -accounting file resides on runs out of space; it is enabled when > -space once again becomes available. > +Accounting is automatically disabled when the file system the accounting > +file resides on runs out of space; it is enabled when space once > +again becomes available. These values can be controlled using the New sentences should start on new lines. Also "these values" is a bit misleading, we haven't talked about any values before. > +following > +.Xr sysctl 8 > +variables: > +.Pp > +.Bl -ohang -offset indent > +.It kern.acct_chkfreq > +.Pq Vt int > +Specifies the frequency (in minutes) with which free disk > +space should be checked. > +.It kern.acct_resume > +.Pq Vt int > +The percentage of free disk space above which process > +accounting will resume. > +.It kern.acct_suspend > +.Pq Vt int > +The percentage of free disk space below which process > +accounting will suspend. > +.El This is not very in line with the sysctl lists in other manpages. What do you think about the following patch? Index: acct.2 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D RCS file: /usr/home/ncvs/freebsd/src/lib/libc/sys/acct.2,v retrieving revision 1.15 diff -u -r1.15 acct.2 --- acct.2 10 Sep 2003 19:24:33 -0000 1.15 +++ acct.2 16 Apr 2004 00:29:56 -0000 @@ -78,6 +78,21 @@ Accounting is automatically disabled when the file system the accounting file resides on runs out of space; it is enabled when space once again becomes available. +The values controlling this behaviour can be modified using the following +.Xr sysctl 8 +variables: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width ".Va kern.acct_chkfreq" +.It Va kern.acct_chkfreq +Specifies the frequency (in minutes) with which free disk +space should be checked. +.It Va kern.acct_resume +The percentage of free disk space above which process +accounting will resume. +.It Va kern.acct_suspend +The percentage of free disk space below which process +accounting will suspend. +.El .Sh RETURN VALUES On error -1 is returned. The file must exist and the call may be exercised only by the super-user. @@ -112,6 +127,7 @@ .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr acct 5 , +.Xr accton 8 , .Xr sa 8 .Sh HISTORY The - Christian --=20 Christian Brueffer chris@unixpages.org brueffer@FreeBSD.org GPG Key: http://people.freebsd.org/~brueffer/brueffer.key.asc GPG Fingerprint: A5C8 2099 19FF AACA F41B B29B 6C76 178C A0ED 982D --D6IIOQQv2Iwyp54J Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAfyrqbHYXjKDtmC0RAi8QAKCtcVQA9+kDPNEoQykVxMSVyEzFOwCgkKqN VPLca3U5wVx8/TeBdCIzx5A= =yKy3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --D6IIOQQv2Iwyp54J--
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