1.\" $NetBSD: mount_sysctlfs.8,v 1.1 2007/08/10 07:59:32 pooka Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2007 Antti Kantee. All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 9.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 10.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 12.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 13.\" 14.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 15.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 16.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 17.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 18.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 19.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 20.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 21.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 22.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 23.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 24.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 25.\" 26.Dd August 10, 2007 27.Dt MOUNT_SYSCTLFS 8 28.Os 29.Sh NAME 30.Nm mount_sysctlfs 31.Nd mount sysctl namespace as a directory hierarchy 32.Sh SYNOPSIS 33.Nm 34.Op Fl o Ar mntopts 35.Ar sysctlfs 36.Ar mount_point 37.Sh DESCRIPTION 38The 39.Nm 40program provides the 41.Xr sysctl 8 42hierarchy through the file system namespace. 43It is possible to browse the tree, query node values and modify them. 44.Sh SEE ALSO 45.Xr puffs 3 , 46.Xr puffs 4 , 47.Xr mount 8 , 48.Xr sysctl 8 49.Sh HISTORY 50The 51.Nm 52utility first appeared in 53.Nx 5.0 . 54.Sh CAVEATS 55Tree nodes of type "struct" are not accessible through this interface. 56