NS_GET_NSTYPE(2const) NS_GET_NSTYPE(2const)
NAME
NS_GET_NSTYPE - discovering the namespace type
SYNOPSIS
#include <linux/nsfs.h> /* Definition of NS_GET_NSTYPE */
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
int ioctl(int fd, NS_GET_NSTYPE);
DESCRIPTION
The NS_GET_NSTYPE operation can be used to discover the type of name-
space referred to by the file descriptor fd.
fd refers to a /proc/pid/ns/* file.
RETURN VALUE
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
Linux.
HISTORY
Linux 4.11.
SEE ALSO
ioctl(2), ioctl_nsfs(2)
Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-06-13 NS_GET_NSTYPE(2const)
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