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8158 Want named threads API
9857 proc manpages should have LIBRARY section
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  14 .Dd May 11, 2016
  15 .Dt PCTFLD 3PROC
  16 .Os
  17 .Sh NAME
  18 .Nm Pctlfd
  19 .Nd obtain the process control file descriptor
  20 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  21 .Lb libproc

  22 .In libproc.h
  23 .Ft int
  24 .Fo Pctlfd
  25 .Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
  26 .Fc
  27 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  28 The
  29 .Fn Pctlfd
  30 function returns a file descriptor to the underlying /proc file system
  31 .Sy ctl
  32 file for the process identified by the handle
  33 .Fa P .
  34 This may be used for injecting control operations manually;
  35 however, many interfaces for using it are provided by
  36 .Xr libproc 3LIB
  37 itself.
  38 .Pp
  39 Only live processes have a control file descriptor.
  40 Process handles that correspond to files and cores, created through
  41 .Xr Pgrab_file 3PROC


   1 .\"
   2 .\" This file and its contents are supplied under the terms of the
   3 .\" Common Development and Distribution License ("CDDL"), version 1.0.
   4 .\" You may only use this file in accordance with the terms of version
   5 .\" 1.0 of the CDDL.
   6 .\"
   7 .\" A full copy of the text of the CDDL should have accompanied this
   8 .\" source.  A copy of the CDDL is also available via the Internet at
   9 .\" http://www.illumos.org/license/CDDL.
  10 .\"
  11 .\"
  12 .\" Copyright 2015 Joyent, Inc.
  13 .\"
  14 .Dd May 11, 2016
  15 .Dt PCTFLD 3PROC
  16 .Os
  17 .Sh NAME
  18 .Nm Pctlfd
  19 .Nd obtain the process control file descriptor
  20 .Sh LIBRARY
  21 .Lb libproc
  22 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  23 .In libproc.h
  24 .Ft int
  25 .Fo Pctlfd
  26 .Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
  27 .Fc
  28 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  29 The
  30 .Fn Pctlfd
  31 function returns a file descriptor to the underlying /proc file system
  32 .Sy ctl
  33 file for the process identified by the handle
  34 .Fa P .
  35 This may be used for injecting control operations manually;
  36 however, many interfaces for using it are provided by
  37 .Xr libproc 3LIB
  38 itself.
  39 .Pp
  40 Only live processes have a control file descriptor.
  41 Process handles that correspond to files and cores, created through
  42 .Xr Pgrab_file 3PROC