Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:32:35 -0700 From: Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions Message-ID: <CAFuo_fzL6NsFFGcG=8JuQyc-c-i64tycP7ERd0gqPrO3PdY0Zw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgnBDRjoGLVNSmADNOfFYdJitT0W1XgN_up3KzSEQZ=2bg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAH3a3KWEik7nViy2VDBka-a7X9Ew-NrFrW5hPQMT1d2UgGLpzA@mail.gmail.com> <jrt7n5$3js$2@dough.gmane.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206202155100.2866@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <CAH3a3KUWc_a_8Ts8m2VHEYx5TNoGKGv_zCgMxhRkPbC9wvziaQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAF6rxg=ZACcNR641SHmE6P6jjCphNMzoK7XYGCmGS8pEfYAe3g@mail.gmail.com> <4FE4BD13.3000204@infracaninophile.co.uk> <CAF6rxgnBDRjoGLVNSmADNOfFYdJitT0W1XgN_up3KzSEQZ=2bg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> wrote: > On 22 June 2012 11:44, Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> > wrote: > > On 22/06/2012 18:40, Eitan Adler wrote: > >>> q) Is there a place where all sysctl variables are documented? It > >>> > occurred to me when I was trying to find the memory usage on my > system > >>> > but `sysctl -a | grep mem' shows a whole bunch of stuff. > > > >> You can try sysctl -ad but most of the systls are either documented in > >> man pages or not at all. :( > > > > It would be a really handy thing if the output of 'sysctl -d' told you > > what man page to refer to for more information. A neat little project > > but pretty boring to implement. > > Agreed. I don't have the time to do this directly, but I'm willing to > commit patches that do this. > -- > Eitan Adler > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > that sounds great, also, for the moment you can try grep in /usr/src and usually find what you are looking for there. Usually the source code is well-documented, and you can see which switches do what. an idea... Waitman Gobble San Jose California USA
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