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.TH "PROC_DOSTRING" "9" "09 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, loff_t * \fIppos\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
.TP
\fB\fIppos\fB\fR
file position
.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.