...e a special meaning in filenames and other C library function arguments. In addition, the majority of UNIX tools expect ASCII files and can't read 16-bit words as characters wit…...e a special meaning in filenames and other C library function arguments. In addition, the majority of UNIX tools expect ASCII files and can't read 16-bit words as characters wit…...Library , often referred to as glibc . This is the C library that is nowadays used in all major Linux distributions. It is also the C library whose details are documented in the…...Library , often referred to as glibc . This is the C library that is nowadays used in all major Linux distributions. It is also the C library whose details are documented in the…...statx (2): Device where inode resides stat.st_dev ; statx.stx_dev_minor and statx.stx_dev_major Each inode (as well as the associated file) resides in a filesystem that is hoste…...e that contained a TCP/IP stack and the sockets API. 4.2BSD was released in 1983. Earlier major BSD releases included 3BSD (1980), 4BSD (1980), and 4.1BSD (1981). 4.3BSD The suc…...APPING and DROP USER MAPPING use FOR in analogous positions, and IBM DB2 (being the other major SQL/MED implementation) also requires it for ALTER USER MAPPING, PostgreSQL diver…...happen in legitimate circumstances, such as when upgrading the operating system to a new major version or when using pg_upgrade to upgrade to server binaries linked with a newer…..., and change is likely. Avoid relying on it. Back references are a dreadful botch, posing major problems for efficient implementations. They are also somewhat vaguely defined (d…..., and change is likely. Avoid relying on it. Back references are a dreadful botch, posing major problems for efficient implementations. They are also somewhat vaguely defined (d…...tovacuum is disabled, it is a good idea to run ANALYZE periodically, or just after making major changes in the contents of a table. Accurate statistics will help the planner to …...ore awkward and less portable numeric specification of the above possible root devices in major/minor format is also accepted. (For example, /dev/sda3 is major 8, minor 3, so yo…...EVICE= The kernel device name. If the entry is associated to a block device, contains the major and minor numbers of the device node, separated by ":" and prefixed by "b". Simil…...ckets pass through the kernel's qdisc (traffic control) layer, which is fine for the vast majority of use cases. For traffic generator appliances using packet sockets that inten…semantic markup language for formatting manual pages NAME mdoc — semantic markup language for formatting manual pages DESCRIPTION The mdoc language supports authoring of manual pag…overview of Linux user namespaces NAME user_namespaces - overview of Linux user namespaces DESCRIPTION For an overview of namespaces, see namespaces (7). User namespaces isolate se…...off an.tmac package described in man (7). This choice is mainly for consistency: the vast majority of existing Linux manual pages are marked up using these macros. Conventions f…roff language reference for mandoc NAME roff — roff language reference for mandoc DESCRIPTION The roff language is a general purpose text formatting language. Since traditional imp…list of eBPF helper functions NAME BPF-HELPERS - list of eBPF helper functions DESCRIPTION The extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) subsystem consists in programs written in a ps…A Git core tutorial for developers NAME gitcore-tutorial - A Git core tutorial for developers SYNOPSIS git * DESCRIPTION This tutorial explains how to use the "core" Git commands t…