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diff --git a/sysctl.tproj/sysctl.8 b/sysctl.tproj/sysctl.8
index 5261f6bd0c8c8b779f1815bcc80abe3083b1a90b..cf7fa582d5c70107cce0df3dea7c742fe8869a70 100644 (file)
--- a/sysctl.tproj/sysctl.8
+++ b/sysctl.tproj/sysctl.8
@@ -65,17 +65,21 @@ described as a dotted set of components.
 .Pp
 The following options are available:
 .Bl -tag -width indent
+.\" ==========
 .It Fl A
 List all MIB variables including opaque variables (which are normally suppressed).
 The format and length are printed, as well as a hex dump of the first sixteen bytes of the value.
+.\" ==========
 .It Fl a
 List all the currently available non-opaque values.
 This option is ignored if one or more variable names are specified on
 the command line.
+.\" ==========
 .It Fl b
 Force the value of the variable(s) to be output in raw, binary format.
 No names are printed and no terminating newlines are output.
 This is mostly useful with a single variable.
+.\" ==========
 .It Fl n
 Show only variable values, not their names.
 This option is useful for setting shell variables.
@@ -84,16 +88,19 @@ For instance, to save the pagesize in variable
 use:
 .Pp
 .Dl "set psize=`sysctl -n hw.pagesize`"
-.It Fl X
-Same as 
-.Fl A
-but prints a hex dump of the entire value instead of just the first few bytes.
+.\" ==========
 .It Fl w Ar name=value
 Used to set values.  The MIB name (
 .Ar name
 ) followed by an equal sign and the new value (
 .Ar value
 ) to be used.
+.\" ==========
+.It Fl X
+Same as 
+.Fl A ,
+but prints a hex dump of the entire value
+instead of just the first few bytes.
 .El
 .Pp
 If just a MIB style name is given,
@@ -155,6 +162,7 @@ privilege can change the value.
 .It hw.byteorder       integer no
 .It hw.physmem integer no
 .It hw.usermem integer no
+.It hw.memsize integer no
 .It hw.pagesize        integer no
 .It user.cs_path       string  no
 .It user.bc_base_max   integer no
@@ -184,6 +192,7 @@ This information can be obtained by using the command:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 sysctl debug
 .Ed
+.Pp
 In addition,
 .Nm sysctl
 can extract information about the filesystems that have been compiled
@@ -192,6 +201,7 @@ This information can be obtained by using the command:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 sysctl vfs
 .Ed
+.Pp
 By default, only filesystems that are actively being used are listed.
 Use of the
 .Fl A
@@ -199,29 +209,29 @@ flag lists all the filesystems compiled into the running kernel.
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 .Pp
 For example, to retrieve the maximum number of processes allowed
-in the system, one would use the follow request:
-.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
+in the system, one would use the request:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
 sysctl kern.maxproc
 .Ed
 .Pp
 To set the maximum number of processes allowed
-in the system to 1000, one would use the follow request:
-.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
+in the system to 1000, one would use the request:
+.Bd -literal -offset inden
 sysctl -w kern.maxproc=1000
 .Ed
 .Pp
 Information about the system clock rate may be obtained with:
-.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
 sysctl kern.clockrate
 .Ed
 .Pp
 Information about the load average history may be obtained with:
-.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
 sysctl vm.loadavg
 .Ed
 .Pp
 Information about the system's swap space usage may be obtained with:
-.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
 sysctl vm.swapusage
 .Ed
 .Sh FILES