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diff --git a/man2/obsolete.2 b/man2/obsolete.2 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..90a78f4e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/man2/obsolete.2 @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +.\" Hey Emacs! This file is -*- nroff -*- source. +.\" +.\" Copyright 1995 Michael Chastain (mec@shell.portal.com), 15 April 1995. +.\" +.\" This is free documentation; you can redistribute it and/or +.\" modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as +.\" published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of +.\" the License, or (at your option) any later version. +.\" +.\" The GNU General Public License's references to "object code" +.\" and "executables" are to be interpreted as the output of any +.\" document formatting or typesetting system, including +.\" intermediate and printed output. +.\" +.\" This manual is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +.\" GNU General Public License for more details. +.\" +.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public +.\" License along with this manual; if not, write to the Free +.\" Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, +.\" USA. +.\" +.\" Modified 22 July 1995 by Michael Chastain (mec@duracef.shout.net): +.\" Fixed incorrect word in 'TH' call. +.\" +.\" Modified Tue Oct 22 16:44:55 1996 by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> +.\" +.TH OBSOLETE 2 1995-07-22 "Linux 2.0" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +oldfstat, oldlstat, oldstat, oldolduname, olduname \- obsolete system calls +.SH SYNOPSIS +Obsolete system calls. +.SH DESCRIPTION +The Linux 2.0 kernel implements these calls to support old executables. +These calls return structures which have grown since their +first implementation, +but old executables must continue to receive old smaller structures. +.PP +Current executables should be linked with current libraries and never +use these calls. +.SH "CONFORMING TO" +These calls are unique to Linux and should not be used at all in new programs. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR fstat (2), +.BR lstat (2), +.BR stat (2), +.BR uname (2), +.BR unimplemented (2) |