execve.2, fallocate.2, futex.2, sched_rr_get_interval.2, select_tut.2, shmget.2, timer_getoverrun.2, times.2, pthread_attr_init.3, pthread_attr_setaffinity_np.3, pthread_cleanup_push_defer_np.3, pthread_getattr_np.3, pthread_self.3, pthread_setaffinity_np.3, pthread_tryjoin_np.3, sem_open.3, stdin.3, rtc.4, tty_ioctl.4, unix.7: Global fix: s/non-portable/nonportable/

The tendency in English, as prescribed in style guides like
Chicago MoS, is towards removing hyphens after prefixes
like "non-" etc.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
This commit is contained in:
Michael Kerrisk 2010-01-16 17:46:09 +01:00
parent 2fda57bd09
commit d603cc27b6
20 changed files with 20 additions and 20 deletions

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@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ can be specified as NULL,
which has the same effect as specifying this argument
as a pointer to a list containing a single NULL pointer.
.B "Do not take advantage of this misfeature!"
It is nonstandard and non-portable:
It is nonstandard and nonportable:
on most other Unix systems doing this will result in an error
.RB ( EFAULT ).
.\" e.g., EFAULT on Solaris 8 and FreeBSD 6.1; but

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@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ fallocate \- manipulate file space
", off_t " len ");
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
This is a non-portable, Linux-specific system call.
This is a nonportable, Linux-specific system call.
For the portable, POSIX.1-specified method of ensuring that space
is allocated for a file, see
.BR posix_fallocate ().

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@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ process to sleep or, conversely, waking a waiting process.
Callers of this function are expected to adhere to the semantics as set out in
.BR futex (7).
As these
semantics involve writing non-portable assembly instructions, this in turn
semantics involve writing nonportable assembly instructions, this in turn
probably means that most users will in fact be library authors and not
general application developers.
.PP

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@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ POSIX.1-2001.
.\" appropriately.
POSIX does not specify any mechanism for controlling the size of the
round-robin time quantum.
However, Linux provides a (non-portable) method of doing this.
However, Linux provides a (nonportable) method of doing this.
The quantum can be controlled by adjusting the process's nice value (see
.BR setpriority (2)).
Assigning a negative (i.e., high) nice value results in a longer quantum;

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@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ efficiently copes with this situation.
Many people who try to use
.BR select ()
come across behavior that is
difficult to understand and produces non-portable or borderline results.
difficult to understand and produces nonportable or borderline results.
For instance, the above program is carefully written not to
block at any point, even though it does not set its file descriptors to
nonblocking mode.

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@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ SVr4, POSIX.1-2001.
.\" SVr4 documents an additional error condition EEXIST.
.B SHM_HUGETLB
is a non-portable Linux extension.
is a nonportable Linux extension.
.SH NOTES
.B IPC_PRIVATE
isn't a flag field but a

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@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ structure (see
.BR sigaction (2)).
This allows an application to avoid the overhead of making
a system call to obtain the overrun count,
but is a non-portable extension to POSIX.1-2001.
but is a nonportable extension to POSIX.1-2001.
POSIX.1-2001 only discusses timer overruns in the context of
timer notifications using signals.

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@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\" Modified 2004-12-08, mtk, in 2.6 times() return value changed
.\" 2005-04-13, mtk
.\" Added notes on nonstandard behavior: Linux allows 'buf' to
.\" be NULL, but POSIX.1 doesn't specify this and it's non-portable.
.\" be NULL, but POSIX.1 doesn't specify this and it's nonportable.
.\"
.TH TIMES 2 2008-06-25 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME

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@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ The
.I pthread_attr_t
type should be treated as opaque:
any access to the object other than via pthreads functions
is non-portable and produces undefined results.
is nonportable and produces undefined results.
.SH EXAMPLE
The program below optionally makes use of
.BR pthread_attr_init ()

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@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Could not allocate memory.
These functions are provided by glibc since version 2.3.4.
.SH CONFORMING TO
These functions are nonstandard GNU extensions;
hence the suffix "_np" (non-portable) in the names.
hence the suffix "_np" (nonportable) in the names.
.SH NOTES
In glibc 2.3.3 only,
versions of these functions were provided that did not have a

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@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ pthread_cleanup_pop(execute);
.\" Available since glibc 2.0
.SH CONFORMING TO
These functions are nonstandard GNU extensions;
hence the suffix "_np" (non-portable) in the names.
hence the suffix "_np" (nonportable) in the names.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR pthread_cancel (3),
.BR pthread_cleanup_push (3),

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@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ resource limit is not supported.
This function is available in glibc since version 2.2.3.
.SH CONFORMING TO
This function is a nonstandard GNU extension.
hence the suffix "_np" (non-portable) in the name.
hence the suffix "_np" (nonportable) in the name.
.SH EXAMPLE
The program below demonstrates the use of
.BR pthread_getattr_np ().

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@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ instead.
Thread identifiers should be considered opaque:
any attempt to use a thread ID other than in pthreads calls
is non-portable and can lead to unspecified results.
is nonportable and can lead to unspecified results.
Thread IDs are only guaranteed to be unique within a process.
A thread ID may be reused after a terminated thread has been joined,

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@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ could be found.
These functions are provided by glibc since version 2.3.4.
.SH CONFORMING TO
These functions are nonstandard GNU extensions;
hence the suffix "_np" (non-portable) in the names.
hence the suffix "_np" (nonportable) in the names.
.SH NOTES
After a call to
.BR pthread_setaffinity_np (),

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@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ never returns the error
These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.3.3.
.SH CONFORMING TO
These functions are nonstandard GNU extensions;
hence the suffix "_np" (non-portable) in the names.
hence the suffix "_np" (nonportable) in the names.
.SH EXAMPLE
The following code waits to join for up to 5 seconds:

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@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ and no semaphore with this
.I name
exists;
or,
.\" this error can occur if we have a name of the (non-portable) form
.\" this error can occur if we have a name of the (nonportable) form
.\" /dir/name, and the directory /dev/shm/dir does not exist.
.B O_CREAT
was specified, but

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@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Since the symbols
.IR stdout ,
and
.I stderr
are specified to be macros, assigning to them is non-portable.
are specified to be macros, assigning to them is nonportable.
The standard streams can be made to refer to different files
with help of the library function
.BR freopen (3),

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@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ and 2069.
Some RTCs support "wildcard" values in alarm fields, to support
scenarios like periodic alarms at fifteen minutes after every hour,
or on the first day of each month.
Such usage is non-portable;
Such usage is nonportable;
portable user space code only expects a single alarm interrupt, and
will either disable or reinitialize the alarm after receiving it.

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@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ or \fIarg\fP.
.LP
Use of
.I ioctl
makes for non-portable programs.
makes for nonportable programs.
Use the POSIX interface described in
.BR termios (3)
whenever possible.

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@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ its length is
and
.I sun_path
contains the abstract name.
The abstract socket namespace is a non-portable Linux extension.
The abstract socket namespace is a nonportable Linux extension.
.SS Socket Options
For historical reasons these socket options are specified with a
.B SOL_SOCKET