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eventfd.2, set_mempolicy.2, timerfd_create.2, fwide.3, resolver.3, spufs.7, symlink.7, udplite.7, unicode.7: Replace uses of "i.e.," in main text with "that is" or similar
Usual man-pages style is to use "i.e." only within parenthetical expressions. Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.IP
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.IP
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The value returned by
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The value returned by
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.BR read (2)
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.BR read (2)
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is in host byte order,
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is in host byte order\(emthat is,
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i.e., the native byte order for integers on the host machine.
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the native byte order for integers on the host machine.
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.IP
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.IP
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The semantics of
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The semantics of
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.BR read (2)
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.BR read (2)
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.B MPOL_DEFAULT
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.B MPOL_DEFAULT
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mode specifies that any nondefault process memory policy be removed,
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mode specifies that any nondefault process memory policy be removed,
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so that the memory policy "falls back" to the system default policy.
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so that the memory policy "falls back" to the system default policy.
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The system default policy is "local allocation"--
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The system default policy is "local allocation"\(emthat is,
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i.e., allocate memory on the node of the CPU that triggered the allocation.
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allocate memory on the node of the CPU that triggered the allocation.
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.I nodemask
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.I nodemask
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must be specified as NULL.
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must be specified as NULL.
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If the "local node" contains no free memory, the system will
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If the "local node" contains no free memory, the system will
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returns an unsigned 8-byte integer
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returns an unsigned 8-byte integer
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.RI ( uint64_t )
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.RI ( uint64_t )
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containing the number of expirations that have occurred.
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containing the number of expirations that have occurred.
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(The returned value is in host byte order,
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(The returned value is in host byte order\(emthat is,
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i.e., the native byte order for integers on the host machine.)
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the native byte order for integers on the host machine.)
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.IP
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.IP
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If no timer expirations have occurred at the time of the
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If no timer expirations have occurred at the time of the
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.BR read (2),
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.BR read (2),
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It returns a positive value if \fIstream\fP is
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It returns a positive value if \fIstream\fP is
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wide-character oriented, that is, if wide-character I/O is permitted but char
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wide-character oriented, that is, if wide-character I/O is permitted but char
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I/O is disallowed.
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I/O is disallowed.
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It returns a negative value if \fIstream\fP is byte oriented,
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It returns a negative value if \fIstream\fP is byte oriented\(emthat is,
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i.e., if char I/O is permitted but wide-character I/O is disallowed.
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if char I/O is permitted but wide-character I/O is disallowed.
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It
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It
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returns zero if \fIstream\fP has no orientation yet; in this case the next
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returns zero if \fIstream\fP has no orientation yet; in this case the next
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I/O operation might change the orientation (to byte oriented if it is a char
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I/O operation might change the orientation (to byte oriented if it is a char
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If set,
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If set,
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.BR res_search ()
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.BR res_search ()
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will append the default domain name to
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will append the default domain name to
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single component names, i.e., those that do not contain a dot.
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single component names\(emthat is, those that do not contain a dot.
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[Enabled by default].
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[Enabled by default].
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.TP
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.TP
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.B RES_STAYOPEN
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.B RES_STAYOPEN
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.TP
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.TP
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.IR /mbox_stat ", " /ibox_stat ", " /wbox_stat
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.IR /mbox_stat ", " /ibox_stat ", " /wbox_stat
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These are read-only files that contain the length of the current
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These are read-only files that contain the length of the current
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queue of each mailbox, i.e., how many words can be read from
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queue of each mailbox\(emthat is, how many words can be read from
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.IR mbox " or " ibox
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.IR mbox " or " ibox
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or how many words can be written to
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or how many words can be written to
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.I wbox
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.I wbox
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command is also an exception to this rule.
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command is also an exception to this rule.
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For compatibility with historic systems (when
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For compatibility with historic systems (when
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.BR ls (1)
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.BR ls (1)
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is not doing a tree walk, i.e., the
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is not doing a tree walk\(emthat is,
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.I \-R
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.I \-R
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option is not specified),
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option is not specified),
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the
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the
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in using a different IP protocol identifier (IANA number 136).
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in using a different IP protocol identifier (IANA number 136).
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The UDP-Lite implementation is a full extension of
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The UDP-Lite implementation is a full extension of
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.BR udp (7),
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.BR udp (7)\(emthat
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i.e., it shares the same API and API behaviour, and in addition
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is, it shares the same API and API behaviour, and in addition
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offers two socket options to control the checksum coverage.
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offers two socket options to control the checksum coverage.
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.SS Address format
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.SS Address format
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UDP-Litev4 uses the
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UDP-Litev4 uses the
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.BR "Universal Character Set (UCS)" .
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.BR "Universal Character Set (UCS)" .
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UCS contains all characters of all other character set standards.
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UCS contains all characters of all other character set standards.
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It also guarantees
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It also guarantees
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.BR "round-trip compatibility" ,
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.BR "round-trip compatibility";
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i.e., conversion tables can be built such that no information is lost
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in other words,
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conversion tables can be built such that no information is lost
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when a string is converted from any other encoding to UCS and back.
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when a string is converted from any other encoding to UCS and back.
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UCS contains the characters required to represent practically all
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UCS contains the characters required to represent practically all
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