NS_GET_NSTYPE(2const) — Linux manual page

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | STANDARDS | HISTORY | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

NS_GET_NSTYPE(2const)                              NS_GET_NSTYPE(2const)

NAME         top

       NS_GET_NSTYPE - discovering the namespace type

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <linux/nsfs.h>  /* Definition of NS_GET_NSTYPE */
       #include <sys/ioctl.h>

       int ioctl(int fd, NS_GET_NSTYPE);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The NS_GET_NSTYPE operation can be used to discover the type of
       namespace referred to by the file descriptor fd.

       fd refers to a /proc/pid/ns/* file.

RETURN VALUE         top

       On success, the return value is one of the CLONE_NEW* values that
       can be specified to clone(2) or unshare(2) in order to create a
       namespace.

       On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.

STANDARDS         top

       Linux.

HISTORY         top

       Linux 4.11.

SEE ALSO         top

       ioctl(2), ioctl_nsfs(2)

COLOPHON         top

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