From fa57b2089b8a82c4f72642d478363563e2cea510 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:15:31 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] shm_overview.7: wfix: s/semaphore/shared memory/ Reported-by: Tim Stoakes Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man7/shm_overview.7 | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man7/shm_overview.7 b/man7/shm_overview.7 index cac62d696..b6b709631 100644 --- a/man7/shm_overview.7 +++ b/man7/shm_overview.7 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by .\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work. .\" -.TH SHM_OVERVIEW 7 2008-06-25 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH SHM_OVERVIEW 7 2010-09-10 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME shm_overview \- Overview of POSIX shared memory .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ memory object, using, for example, POSIX semaphores. System V shared memory .RB ( shmget (2), .BR shmop (2), -etc.) is an older semaphore API. +etc.) is an older shared memory API. POSIX shared memory provides a simpler, and better designed interface; on the other hand POSIX shared memory is somewhat less widely available (especially on older systems) than System V shared memory.