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Subject: Re: HOW TO RETREIVE DATA FROM KERNEL.
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On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 21:55:06 -0400
Sandeep Kumar Davu <sdavu@kent.edu> wrote:

> I was wondering how to retreive data from the kernel if I wanna. I
> want TCP option(if any) to let the application know about that. Can u
> please tell me if there is any way that I can do it without adding any
> additional code. If I need to add it sould you please tell me the
> easiest way to do that.

Something like "man 3 sysctl"?

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