From c230faa413a66845e223e42d494362c91f32d368 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Frank Ch. Eigler" Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 10:56:32 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] stap.1 man page: reword/remention array % (wrapping) decoration --- man/stap.1 | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/stap.1 b/man/stap.1 index 6344a0e17..5327ccbbc 100644 --- a/man/stap.1 +++ b/man/stap.1 @@ -845,9 +845,10 @@ size. .BR global " tiny_array[10]" , " normal_array" , " big_array[50000]" .RE .PP -Arrays may be wrapped using the '%' character causing previously entered -elements to be overwritten if more elements are inserted than the array can -hold. This works for both associative and statistics typed arrays. +Arrays may be configured for wrapping using the '%' suffix. This +causes older elements to be overwritten if more elements are inserted +than the array can hold. This works for both associative and statistics +typed arrays. .RS .BR global " wrapped_array1%[10]", " wrapped_array2%" .RE @@ -1715,6 +1716,9 @@ Individual arrays may be declared with a larger or smaller limit instead: .SAMPLE global big[10000],little[5] .ESAMPLE +or denoted with +.IR % +to make them wrap-around automatically. .TP MAXERRORS Maximum number of soft errors before an exit is triggered, default 0, which -- 2.43.5