svn commit: r224864 - head/lib/libc/sys

Robert Watson rwatson at FreeBSD.org
Sun Aug 14 12:41:44 UTC 2011


Author: rwatson
Date: Sun Aug 14 12:41:44 2011
New Revision: 224864
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/224864

Log:
  Cross-reference cap_new(2) from dup(2), as they have similar functionality.
  
  Approved by:	re (kib)

Modified:
  head/lib/libc/sys/dup.2

Modified: head/lib/libc/sys/dup.2
==============================================================================
--- head/lib/libc/sys/dup.2	Sun Aug 14 12:26:24 2011	(r224863)
+++ head/lib/libc/sys/dup.2	Sun Aug 14 12:41:44 2011	(r224864)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\"     @(#)dup.2	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd June 4, 1993
+.Dd August 14, 2011
 .Dt DUP 2
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ and
 is a valid descriptor, then
 .Fn dup2
 is successful, and does nothing.
+.Pp
+The related
+.Xr cap_new 2
+system call allows file descriptors to be duplicated with restrictions on
+their use.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 The value -1 is returned if an error occurs in either call.
 The external variable
@@ -139,6 +144,7 @@ Too many descriptors are active.
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr accept 2 ,
+.Xr cap_new 2 ,
 .Xr close 2 ,
 .Xr fcntl 2 ,
 .Xr getdtablesize 2 ,


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