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NS_GET_NSTYPE(2const)NS_GET_NSTYPE(2const)NS_GET_NSTYPE - discovering the namespace type
#include <linux/nsfs.h>/* Definition ofNS_GET_NSTYPE*/#include <sys/ioctl.h>int ioctl(intfd, NS_GET_NSTYPE);
TheNS_GET_NSTYPEoperation can be used to discover the type of namespace referred to by the file descriptorfd.fd refers to a/proc/pid/ns/* file.
On success, the return value is one of theCLONE_NEW*values that can be specified toclone(2) orunshare(2) in order to create a namespace. On error, -1 is returned, anderrno is set to indicate the error.
Linux.
Linux 4.11.
ioctl(2),ioctl_nsfs(2)
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