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author | Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> | 2010-09-18 19:23:14 +0000 |
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committer | Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> | 2010-09-18 19:23:14 +0000 |
commit | f2f433e60a7fce7454acf0ffdee4dd15fba6f6c3 (patch) | |
tree | e43e11cd8bc184767e4037e608ebd3f90547a384 /share | |
parent | 8570d045e59bcf0f3e28d34a31d98af0b1dfe182 (diff) | |
download | src-f2f433e60a7fce7454acf0ffdee4dd15fba6f6c3.tar.gz src-f2f433e60a7fce7454acf0ffdee4dd15fba6f6c3.zip |
Note that devfs(5) and fdescfs(5) both create /dev/fd file descriptors.
PR: 144534
Submitted by: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman at infracaninophile co uk>
Patch by: Matthew Seaman, keramida
Approved by: keramida (mentor)
MFC after: 1 week
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=212827
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/devfs.5 | 24 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/fdescfs.5 | 12 |
2 files changed, 34 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/devfs.5 b/share/man/man5/devfs.5 index e27ff748fb61..366196f91760 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/devfs.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/devfs.5 @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd May 30, 2010 +.Dd September 18, 2010 .Dt DEVFS 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -69,6 +69,27 @@ The .Xr mknod 8 tool can be used to recover deleted device entries under .Nm . +.Pp +The +.Xr fdescfs 5 +filesystem is an alternate means for populating +.Pa /dev/fd . +The character devices that both +.Nm +and +.Xr fdescfs 5 +present in +.Pa /dev/fd +correspond to the open file descriptors of the process +accessing the directory. +.Nm +only creates files for the standard file descriptors +.Pa 0 , +.Pa 1 +and +.Pa 2 . +.Xr fdescfs 5 +creates files for all open descriptors. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /dev/XXXX -compact .It Pa /dev @@ -85,6 +106,7 @@ volume located on .Dl "mount -t devfs devfs /mychroot/dev" .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr devfs 8 , +.Xr fdescfs 5 , .Xr mount 8 .Sh HISTORY The diff --git a/share/man/man5/fdescfs.5 b/share/man/man5/fdescfs.5 index b8444516e64f..b87d1604554e 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/fdescfs.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/fdescfs.5 @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd December 14, 1996 +.Dd September 18, 2010 .Dt FDESCFS 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -87,6 +87,15 @@ call other than and .Dv O_RDWR are ignored. +.Pp +.Em "Note:" +.Pa /dev/fd/0 , +.Pa /dev/fd/1 +and +.Pa /dev/fd/2 +files are created by default when devfs alone is mounted. +.Nm +creates entries for all file descriptors opened by the process. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /dev/stderr -compact .It Pa /dev/fd/# @@ -99,6 +108,7 @@ volume located on .Pp .Dl "mount -t fdescfs null /dev/fd" .Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr devfs 5 , .Xr mount 8 .Sh HISTORY The |