Arkadiusz Drabczyk
b260aaeca9
proc.5: Inform that comm in /proc/pid/{stat,status} might also be truncated
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pgrep for example searches for a process name in /proc/pid/status
and therefore cannot find processes whose names are longer than 15
characters unless -f is specified.
Signed-off-by: Arkadiusz Drabczyk <arkadiusz@drabczyk.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-06-19 13:55:51 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
0dbe186a35
proc.5: srcfix
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-06-11 07:24:49 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
c919e22f82
proc.5: ffix
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-06-10 12:03:06 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
73942082f2
proc.5: ffix
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-06-10 11:45:21 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
bffbb22fda
iconv.1, locale.1, memusage.1, memusagestat.1, pldd.1, sprof.1, _syscall.2, add_key.2, adjtimex.2, bind.2, bpf.2, chown.2, clone.2, close.2, copy_file_range.2, eventfd.2, fanotify_init.2, fanotify_mark.2, fork.2, fsync.2, futex.2, getdents.2, getrlimit.2, getxattr.2, io_cancel.2, io_destroy.2, io_getevents.2, io_setup.2, ioctl_fat.2, ioctl_getfsmap.2, ioctl_ns.2, ioctl_tty.2, ioctl_userfaultfd.2, kcmp.2, keyctl.2, listen.2, listxattr.2, mbind.2, membarrier.2, memfd_create.2, mkdir.2, move_pages.2, mremap.2, msync.2, nfsservctl.2, open.2, perf_event_open.2, pidfd_send_signal.2, pipe.2, pivot_root.2, pkey_alloc.2, process_vm_readv.2, ptrace.2, readlink.2, readv.2, recv.2, recvmmsg.2, rename.2, request_key.2, s390_runtime_instr.2, sched_setaffinity.2, seccomp.2, send.2, sendmmsg.2, sigaltstack.2, signalfd.2, socket.2, socketpair.2, splice.2, spu_create.2, spu_run.2, statfs.2, syscall.2, sysctl.2, sysfs.2, tee.2, timer_getoverrun.2, timer_settime.2, umount.2, userfaultfd.2, utimensat.2, wait4.2, INFINITY.3, __ppc_get_timebase.3, __setfpucw.3, abort.3, aio_cancel.3, aio_error.3, aio_read.3, aio_return.3, atexit.3, backtrace.3, basename.3, bsearch.3, bswap.3, cacos.3, cacosh.3, catan.3, catanh.3, cexp2.3, clock_getcpuclockid.3, clog2.3, cmsg.3, confstr.3, div.3, dl_iterate_phdr.3, dlerror.3, dlinfo.3, dlopen.3, dlsym.3, duplocale.3, encrypt.3, end.3, endian.3, envz_add.3, err.3, expm1.3, fdim.3, flockfile.3, fmtmsg.3, frexp.3, ftw.3, get_nprocs_conf.3, get_phys_pages.3, getaddrinfo_a.3, getauxval.3, getdate.3, getdtablesize.3, getgrent_r.3, getgrouplist.3, gethostbyname.3, getline.3, getnameinfo.3, getopt.3, getprotoent_r.3, getpwent_r.3, getpwnam.3, getservent_r.3, getsubopt.3, getutent.3, glob.3, gnu_get_libc_version.3, hsearch.3, if_nameindex.3, inet.3, inet_net_pton.3, inet_ntop.3, inet_pton.3, insque.3, killpg.3, makecontext.3, mallinfo.3, malloc.3, malloc_hook.3, malloc_info.3, mallopt.3, matherr.3, mbsnrtowcs.3, mbstowcs.3, mcheck.3, mempcpy.3, mq_getattr.3, mq_notify.3, mtrace.3, newlocale.3, nextafter.3, ntp_gettime.3, offsetof.3, open_memstream.3, pow.3, printf.3, pthread_attr_init.3, pthread_attr_setdetachstate.3, pthread_attr_setguardsize.3, pthread_attr_setinheritsched.3, pthread_attr_setschedparam.3, pthread_attr_setschedpolicy.3, pthread_attr_setstack.3, pthread_attr_setstacksize.3, pthread_cancel.3, pthread_cleanup_push.3, pthread_create.3, pthread_detach.3, pthread_getattr_default_np.3, pthread_getattr_np.3, pthread_getcpuclockid.3, pthread_join.3, pthread_mutex_consistent.3, pthread_mutexattr_setrobust.3, pthread_setaffinity_np.3, pthread_setcancelstate.3, pthread_setname_np.3, pthread_setschedparam.3, pthread_sigmask.3, pthread_spin_init.3, pthread_testcancel.3, pthread_tryjoin_np.3, ptsname.3, qsort.3, rand.3, random.3, remainder.3, rpmatch.3, rtime.3, rtnetlink.3, scalb.3, scalbln.3, scandir.3, sem_getvalue.3, sem_wait.3, setaliasent.3, setlogmask.3, sigwait.3, sincos.3, sockatmark.3, stdarg.3, stpcpy.3, strcat.3, strfmon.3, strptime.3, strtod.3, strtok.3, strtol.3, strtoul.3, strverscmp.3, tsearch.3, uselocale.3, wcstok.3, wcstombs.3, wordexp.3, y0.3, loop.4, vcs.4, veth.4, charmap.5, core.5, filesystems.5, gai.conf.5, hosts.5, hosts.equiv.5, locale.5, nss.5, repertoiremap.5, securetty.5, shells.5, ttytype.5, ascii.7, complex.7, cpuset.7, credentials.7, fanotify.7, hier.7, inotify.7, ip.7, mount_namespaces.7, mq_overview.7, netlink.7, network_namespaces.7, pid_namespaces.7, pkeys.7, rtld-audit.7, rtnetlink.7, sem_overview.7, signal-safety.7, sock_diag.7, spufs.7, standards.7, symlink.7, tcp.7, time_namespaces.7, unix.7, user_namespaces.7, xattr.7, ldconfig.8: tstamp
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-06-09 14:48:40 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
fd85c2387b
openat2.2, proc.5, bpf-helpers.7: srcfix: strip trailing whitespace
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-06-09 14:48:40 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
b65e24c34a
proc.5: Add a detail to /proc/[pid]/comm
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Note the connection to the "%e" specifier in
/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-06-09 12:39:17 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
b463b03fd5
proc.5: TASK_COMM_LEN limit includes the terminating '\0'
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Clarify this detail in the discussion of /proc/[pid]/comm.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-06-09 12:39:17 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
6a7093c3f3
core.5: minor tweaks
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-06-09 12:39:17 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
8d85a961ac
core.5: Explain that core_pattern %e is process/thread 'comm' value
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The 'comm' value is typically the same as the (possibly
truncated) executable name, but may be something different.
Reported-by: Jonny Grant <jg@jguk.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-06-09 12:08:39 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
2f0e61aec2
core.5: Note that not dumping core of an unreadable binary is a security measure
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Reported-by: Jonny Grant <jg@jguk.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-06-08 18:16:53 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
b665474b29
core.5: wfix
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Reported-by: Jonny Grant <jg@jguk.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-06-08 18:06:10 +02:00
Jakub Wilk
4ad5b7a575
proc.5: ffix
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Signed-off-by: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@jwilk.net>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-06-08 17:41:12 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
a14af333d6
Various pages: retitle EXAMPLE section heading to EXAMPLES
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EXAMPLES appears to be the wider majority usage across various
projects' manual pages, and is also what is used in the POSIX
manual pages.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-05-31 10:45:27 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
24581849d9
core.5: tfix
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Reported-by: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@jwilk.net>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-05-28 11:37:38 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
8626fdd2de
core.5: Mention 'sysctl -w' as a way of changing core_pattern setting
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Reported-by: Jonny Grant <jg@jguk.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-05-28 11:37:32 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
94c50673e6
core.5: ffix
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-05-28 09:52:09 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
7ef5957484
core.5: ffix
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-05-27 15:26:45 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
b2401bcbd3
proc.5: Remove "mp" under VmFlags in /proc/[pid]/smaps
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Reported-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-05-26 10:29:06 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
9a76645224
proc.5: Add "sf" to VmFlags in /proc/[pid]/smaps
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Added in kernel commit b6fb293f2497a9841d94f6b57bd2bb2cd222da43
Text from comment in include/uapi/asm-generic/mman.h.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-05-25 15:46:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
bc60704e1a
proc.5: Add "um" and "uw" to VmFlags in /proc/[pid]/smaps
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Added in kernel commit 16ba6f811dfe44bc14f7946a4b257b85476fc16e.
Text taken from comments in include/linux/mm.h.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-05-25 15:46:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
d85aebeaa1
proc.5: Add "mp" to VmFlags in /proc/[pid]/smaps
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Added in kernel commit 4aae7e436fa51faf4bf5d11b175aea82cfe8224a.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-05-25 15:46:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
8485aade48
proc.5: Note kernel version for /proc/PID/smaps VmFlags "dd" flag
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Kernel commit ec8e41aec13005fed0dbee002fb8c99b4e001d50
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-05-25 15:46:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
efd54c4adf
proc.5: Note kernel version that removed /proc/PID/smaps VmFlags "nl" flag
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Kernel commit 1da4b35b001481df99a6dcab12d5d39a876f7056
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-05-25 15:46:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
016dedb300
proc.5: Note kernel version for /proc/PID/smaps VmFlags "wf" flag
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-05-25 15:46:44 +02:00
Ian Rogers
74603f4ecd
proc.5: Add "wf" to VmFlags in /proc/[pid]/smaps
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This patch documents a flag added in the following kernel commit:
commit d2cd9ede6e193dd7d88b6d27399e96229a551b19
Author: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Date: Wed Sep 6 16:25:15 2017 -0700
mm,fork: introduce MADV_WIPEONFORK
This was already documented in man2/madvise.2 in the commit:
commit c0c4f6c29c
Author: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Date: Tue Sep 19 20:32:00 2017 +0200
madvise.2: Document MADV_WIPEONFORK and MADV_KEEPONFORK
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-05-25 15:46:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
aa02339ca4
filesystems.5: SEE ALSO: add sysfs(5) and xfs(5)
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-05-15 11:50:47 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
63fd767f64
tzfile.5: Sync to 2020a tzdb release
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From https://www.iana.org/time-zones , version 2020a.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-04-27 07:29:37 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
0368720957
proc.5: Alert the reader that UID/GID changes can reset the "dumpable" attribute
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Reported-by: Eric Hopper <hopper@omnifarious.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-04-21 14:27:34 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
bad1c6c80c
tzfile.5: Explain UT abbreviation
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From a conversation with Paul Eggert:
From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: Re: Errors in man pages, here: tzfile(5): Typo?
On 4/20/20 12:27 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> I think "UT" here is intended to mean "Universal Time", and as such
> should not be "UTC". Perhaps Paul can comment.
Yes, that's right. The tzfile format covers timestamps that predate the
introduction of UTC in 1960, so the documentation uses the sloppier and
more-general term "UT" instead of the more-precise term "UTC".
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-04-21 07:50:12 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
fb51288cb2
locale.5: Improve description of 'first_weekday'
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Reported-by: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-04-20 11:59:34 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
c7169ee565
proc.5: tfix
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Reported-by: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-04-20 11:24:27 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
f68d810435
proc.5: tfix
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Reported-by: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-04-20 11:06:07 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
dd8e0737a6
networks.5: wfix
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Reported-by: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-04-20 11:04:47 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
4f8b740da8
securetty.5: Improve wording of .SH one-line description
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Reported-by: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-04-20 10:06:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
31572c7125
proc.5: Minor tweaks to /proc/[pid]/mountstats example line
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Reported-by: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-04-20 09:34:09 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
a6a5e521ab
proc.5: Better explanation of some /proc/ide fields
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Taken from Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt.
Reported-by: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-04-20 09:32:20 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
ea89336966
proc.5: tfix
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Reported-by: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-04-20 00:07:19 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
67df396fe6
proc.5: tfix
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Reported-by: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-04-20 00:02:52 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
4a95bc0281
utmp.5: tfix
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-04-19 22:37:18 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
a15037250d
utmp.5: tfix
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-04-19 22:35:38 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
151e4ef316
termcap.5: wfix
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Reported-by: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-04-19 22:26:31 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
83a20af064
proc.5: tfix
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Reported-by: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-04-19 22:23:32 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
a3d4007cc6
pipe.2, st.4, filesystems.5: tfix
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Reported-by: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-04-19 22:17:03 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
42b070e639
proc.5: wfix
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Reported-by: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-04-19 22:13:21 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
34891dc551
filesystems.5: tfix
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Reported-by: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-04-19 22:06:38 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
03306e1829
proc.5: Document /proc/sys/fs/protected_regular
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Text heavily based on Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-04-13 12:27:48 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
7dcb9d213a
proc.5: Document /proc/sys/fs/protected_fifos
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Text heavily based on Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-04-13 12:27:48 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
9f51687a32
proc.5: Document /proc/sys/fs/aio-max-nr and /proc/sys/fs/aio-nr
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Text taken nearly verbatim from
Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-04-13 12:27:47 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
84eb2279b1
proc.5: Minor tweaks to Keno Fischer's patch
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2020-04-13 09:25:42 +02:00