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-.TH SYSINFO 2 2012-05-05 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH SYSINFO 2 2014-08-19 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
sysinfo \- returns information on overall system statistics
.SH SYNOPSIS
provides a simple way of getting overall system statistics.
This is more
portable than reading \fI/dev/kmem\fP.
-.SH "RETURN VALUE"
+.SH RETURN VALUE
On success, zero is returned.
On error, \-1 is returned, and
.I errno
.TP
.B EFAULT
pointer to \fIstruct\ sysinfo\fP is invalid
-.SH "CONFORMING TO"
-This function is Linux-specific, and should not be used in programs
-intended to be portable.
-.sp
+.SH VERSIONS
The Linux kernel has a
.BR sysinfo ()
system call since 0.98.pl6.
-Linux libc contains a
-.BR sysinfo ()
-routine since 5.3.5, and
-glibc has one since 1.90.
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.SH CONFORMING TO
+This function is Linux-specific, and should not be used in programs
+intended to be portable.
+.SH SEE ALSO
.BR proc (5)
+.SH COLOPHON
+This page is part of release 3.79 of the Linux
+.I man-pages
+project.
+A description of the project,
+information about reporting bugs,
+and the latest version of this page,
+can be found at
+\%http://www.kernel.org/doc/man\-pages/.