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.TH "PROC_DOSTRING" "" "06 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
proc_dostring \- read a string sysctl
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
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int proc_dostring  (ctl_table * \fItable\fB, int \fIwrite\fB, struct file * \fIfilp\fB, void __user * \fIbuffer\fB, size_t * \fIlenp\fB);
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.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fItable\fB\fR
the sysctl table
.TP
\fB\fIwrite\fB\fR
TRUE if this is a write to the sysctl file
.TP
\fB\fIfilp\fB\fR
the file structure
.TP
\fB\fIbuffer\fB\fR
the user buffer
.TP
\fB\fIlenp\fB\fR
the size of the user buffer
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Reads/writes a string from/to the user buffer. If the kernel
buffer provided is not large enough to hold the string, the
string is truncated. The copied string is NULL-terminated\&.
If the string is being read by the user process, it is copied
and a newline '\\n' is added. It is truncated if the buffer is
not large enough.
.PP
Returns 0 on success.