Michael Kerrisk
a3c945b37d
Added .\" comment about l_sysid.
2007-05-27 11:52:46 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
c12fd10dcb
Update these pages to reflect the fact that the _syscallN() macros have
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gone away.
2007-05-26 15:22:28 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
c046a64128
Conver to -man format; some rewrites; added an EXAMPLE.
2007-05-26 14:10:51 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
bd0a01ce48
Added ERRORS section (saying that the call always succeeds).
2007-05-26 12:54:37 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
74fa514a71
Added comment (.\")
2007-05-26 12:47:10 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
ad7cc990f2
Change reference to path_resolution.2 to path_resolutiion.7
2007-05-26 12:41:39 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
ad1750a30d
This is now a link to the the page that has been placed in Section 7.
2007-05-26 12:29:37 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
568f8f435f
Added FIXME.
2007-05-26 12:26:24 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
5f23447594
Added an ERRORS section (stating that the calls are always successful).
2007-05-26 12:20:50 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
2d41b3324d
Added a RETURN VALUE section.
2007-05-26 12:19:40 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
6686472b86
Added ERRORS heading
2007-05-26 12:15:38 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
7b5ab5947e
Add SEE ALSO reference to ioctl.2.
2007-05-26 12:08:25 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
a9a79c6ed6
Added an ERRORS section.
2007-05-26 12:05:42 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
3961a41b93
Added RETURN VALUE section.
2007-05-26 07:34:05 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
0cff29b795
Convert NOTES section to CONFORMING to and note that
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this call is Linux-specific. Other minor rewordings.
2007-05-26 07:28:44 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
c057ec9864
Small rewording to fix "fails with the error EWOULDBLOCK"
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rather than "returns EWOULDBLOCK".
2007-05-26 06:29:47 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
2a5e0dcd1a
Substantial rewitres/additions.
2007-05-25 19:54:08 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
f20d7d8ea3
A much improved eample program.
2007-05-25 18:57:30 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
af5267b2f4
Add EXAMPLE section with a pointer to example in mprotect.2.
2007-05-25 18:42:55 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
ccd2b351c8
Removed "." at end of SEE ALSO list
2007-05-22 21:49:38 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
cbc2a267b1
grfix
2007-05-22 21:37:39 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
c66cb57033
Fix bad link path.
2007-05-22 18:23:34 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
08b7e58416
Small rewording in RETURN VALUE section.
2007-05-21 22:49:15 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
6ef95cb01a
Fix return type in SYNOPSIS. Add RETURN VALUE section.
2007-05-21 22:46:30 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
f5cb430b7c
Added ERRORS section.
2007-05-21 22:41:02 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
a7e1c01a76
ffix
2007-05-21 21:25:44 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
d806e10376
Added section numbers to xrefs
2007-05-21 21:07:25 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
65e7dad22c
wfix
2007-05-21 15:49:16 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
aa4962263b
s/manpage/man page/
2007-05-21 12:58:17 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
d1dcf59840
Minor rewrites, eliminating some duplication, and removing
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some outdated text.
2007-05-21 11:16:50 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
ed7a722d13
Updated FIXME
2007-05-21 10:14:23 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
128e7c364b
ffix
2007-05-21 09:19:32 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
e5ec74e16e
Updated FIXME
2007-05-21 07:04:09 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
0e99f2a5c0
Relocated text for "Versions and Library Support".
2007-05-21 06:55:22 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
a7b9318d06
Updated FIXME.
2007-05-21 06:52:12 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
a8e86ff2a6
Updated FIXME
2007-05-21 06:51:37 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
b5d63e490d
Remove text about the non-existent BSD meremap() -- too
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much information, in my opinion.
2007-05-21 06:46:07 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
49ba0d2aaa
Converted outdated BUGS note about fdatasync() being equivalent to
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fsync() on Linux 2.2 into a NOTES note about this historical behaviour.
2007-05-21 06:40:01 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
87eca6b7b3
Remove misleading text about setting O_ASYNC when calling
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open(); one must use fcntl() F_SETFL for this task.
2007-05-21 06:34:45 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
2b2581ee37
Fix inconsistencies in order of .SH sections
2007-05-19 04:30:20 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
2dd578fd5b
Reordered sections for consistency.
2007-05-18 16:30:46 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
a1d5f77cc8
Reordered sections to be more consistent, in some cases renaming
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sections or shifting paragraphs between sections.
2007-05-18 16:06:42 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
af4d911a52
wfix
2007-05-18 14:16:26 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
889829be48
Removed HISTORY section, or moved it as a subsection or paragraphs
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under another section e.g., NOTES.
2007-05-18 11:59:14 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
2a995424e0
ffix
2007-05-18 11:17:17 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
413901b165
wfix
2007-05-18 11:01:49 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
4fb3134194
Relocated LINUX NOTES as subsection under NOTES
2007-05-18 10:39:45 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
d597239cbd
Relocated GLIBC NOTES as subsection under NOTES
2007-05-18 10:30:02 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
6996254443
Fix inconsistencies in .TH lines
2007-05-18 09:55:10 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
05eabe6576
Fix inconsistencies in .TH line
2007-05-18 09:21:38 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
3d5a3539b7
Fix inconsistencies in .TH lines
2007-05-18 09:11:21 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
e127c16af7
Changed date in .TH line into form YYYY-DD-MM.
2007-05-18 08:56:42 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
0ed55ece49
Make "manual" in .TH line "Linux Programmers Manual"
2007-05-18 08:43:42 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
e37e328263
Move SEE ALSO section to end of page
2007-05-16 18:25:50 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
b07cd0a96b
Renamed RESTRICTIONS section to NOTES, or moved text in a RESTRICTIONS
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section under existing NOTES section.
2007-05-16 05:33:35 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
0b5dc6f115
s/RETURN VALUES/RETURN VALUE/
2007-05-16 05:00:31 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
405f0560fe
ffix
2007-05-16 04:54:44 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
a759cc870f
Renamed .SH AVAILABILITY to .SH VERSIONS
2007-05-16 04:53:05 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
9aba2fed65
wrap a source line
2007-05-16 04:48:16 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
ff457ccbea
Changed .SH HISTORY to .SH VERSIONS
2007-05-16 04:39:23 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
2e8a7fb3a8
wrappped source line
2007-05-16 04:32:48 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
6459c9ca10
ffix
2007-05-16 04:00:06 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
dc919d094d
Commented out/rewrote .SH AUTHORS sections
2007-05-16 03:44:47 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
fcd0a03701
Made a .SH line into .SS
2007-05-16 03:15:20 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
be29323e9e
Small rewording.
2007-05-16 03:12:57 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
a8f6b98e17
Remove section about effect of fork()/exec()/exit(); shmop.2 contains
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the same text, and it only needs to be said once.
2007-05-16 03:10:36 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
90b36dddb0
ffix
2007-05-16 03:06:55 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
ef17a8a1ae
ffix
2007-05-16 03:05:19 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
4a19cb8cd1
Made ".SH UNDOCUMENTED" into ".SS Undocumented" and relocated under NOTES
2007-05-16 03:03:15 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
a2c875ff29
s/\.SH "LINUX-SPECIFIC REMARKS"/.SH LINUX NOTES/
2007-05-16 03:00:36 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
cc171723b1
Renamed LINUX HISTORY section to LINUX NOTES, and relocated within page.
2007-05-16 02:57:48 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
19c98696a2
s/SH NOTE$/SH NOTES/
2007-05-16 02:54:18 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
8c87824d61
Made .SH into .SS
2007-05-16 02:45:55 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
6c36ac81bf
s/\.SH WARNING/.SH NOTES/
2007-05-16 02:41:52 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
ea165b17e4
s/\.SH WARNING/.SH NOTES/
2007-05-16 02:41:02 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
d4c46761de
ffix
2007-05-16 02:31:26 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
e81969abf7
ffix
2007-05-16 02:30:46 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
ffc78e2c0b
s/\.SH FURTHER INFORMATION/.SH NOTES/
2007-05-16 02:25:26 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
3fc15e600d
Made a .SH line into .SS
2007-05-16 02:21:31 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
5bc8c34c03
s/return 0/exit(EXIT_FAILURE)/ in main() function example program
2007-05-16 02:09:09 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
3618596929
Relocated example program and made its .SH title "EXAMPLE".
2007-05-16 02:01:52 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
0784f93ce4
s/return 0/exit(EXIT_SUCCESS)/ in example program.
2007-05-16 01:57:36 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
61b48f9328
Made sme .SH headings .SS
2007-05-16 01:56:31 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
042bae96ef
ffix
2007-05-15 20:53:59 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
374d1d23c6
Commented out AUTHOR note
2007-05-15 20:51:18 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
a05dfaec95
ffix
2007-05-15 05:44:03 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
4c44ffe5dc
Use symbolic constants in exit(2) calls
2007-05-14 21:11:42 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
19dbfd0a98
ffix
2007-05-14 21:10:08 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
646f46f029
s/exit(0)/exit(EXIT_SUCCESS)/
2007-05-14 21:06:00 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
a6c4ce1b9c
ffix
2007-05-14 20:39:44 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
3fdbf2a227
ffix
2007-05-14 19:25:48 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
d140095082
wfix
2007-05-14 19:23:45 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
6d12800ee8
ffix
2007-05-14 19:20:34 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
552524a660
ffix
2007-05-14 19:19:36 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
be7fff26d5
Wrap source lines
2007-05-12 13:26:09 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
9e370fbab6
tfix
2007-05-12 13:20:42 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
32792f3553
wfix
2007-05-12 13:19:59 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
375d884714
tfix
2007-05-12 13:19:09 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
825f35381a
wfix
2007-05-12 13:17:39 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
d9c1ae6480
Use bold for function name, not underline.
2007-05-12 13:12:02 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
7c93fec03d
Wrapped source lines
2007-05-12 12:58:31 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
a44012756e
Minor repairs after global edits
2007-05-12 12:53:57 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
60a90ecdae
Convert function formatting of the form "\fBname\fP()" to ".BR name ()".
2007-05-12 09:06:04 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
3623e341c3
Add section number to xref
2007-05-12 00:47:37 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
d504a99411
spfix
2007-05-12 00:47:22 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
0bfa087b03
Add section numbers to references to other pages
2007-05-11 23:07:02 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
7f8aa9e3b4
ffix
2007-05-11 18:35:32 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
8a784debdf
Fix wrong argument names in text.
2007-05-11 18:34:15 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
d975050ce5
Added SEE ALSO ref to new euidaccess.3 page
2007-05-06 08:38:24 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
fdc4620460
spfix
2007-05-06 07:40:55 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
1a549f8cea
Modified FIXME to mention bug report
2007-05-06 07:01:35 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
d6d70cf942
Added SEE ALSO entries referring to new bsd_signal.3 and sysv_signal.3 pages.
2007-05-04 21:22:28 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
7f82d75e0b
Moved the discussion of async-signal-safe functions to signal(7).
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Added text referring to the discussion of async-signal-safe
functions in signal(7).
2007-05-04 20:32:31 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
2e519bf2eb
Added text referring to the discussion of async-signal-safe
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functions in signal(7).
A few other minor formatting and wording changes.
2007-05-04 20:32:14 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
f9a848cb2b
Removed out of date FIXME
2007-05-01 15:27:18 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
83314009c0
Place MAP_* flags list in alphabeitical order.
2007-05-01 15:23:23 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
ae0318dfac
Removed out-of-date FIXME.
2007-05-01 15:12:39 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
b364fca092
Removed some comment text about interpreter scripts, placing
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it instead in Changes file.
2007-05-01 14:34:02 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
e506533603
hyphen --> minus
2007-05-01 07:58:48 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
32875790e8
Make hyphens into minus signs.
2007-05-01 07:57:14 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
35f0f2f954
wfix
2007-04-30 16:11:48 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
3996edf642
Added description of epoll_pwait(), new in kernel 2.6.19.
2007-04-30 16:08:08 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
0265cd0106
Link to epoll_wait.2
2007-04-30 16:06:33 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
ab44d3d652
A fairly substantial rewrite, which among other things fixes the
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reported by Kyle Sluder in http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8399
And added some example code.
2007-04-30 15:32:25 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
d6f223a7e3
Mention effect of MS_NOSUID mount(2) flag for set-user-ID programs.
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Expanded description of handling of file descriptors during
execve(), adding text to note that descriptors 0, 1, and 2
may be treated specially.
2007-04-30 14:30:17 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
e6b33ad7da
Added an example program.
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Expanded the discussion of interpreter scripts and the
'optional-arg' argument of an interpreter script.
Added text noting that FD_CLOEXEC causes record locks to be released.
2007-04-30 12:25:52 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
3b5804b409
spfix
2007-04-30 10:58:27 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
456960740c
Add text noting that Linux allows 'argv' and 'envp' to be
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NULL, but warning that this is non-standard and non-portable,
and should be avoided in portable programs.
Bug filed (http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8408 )
to get this changed, but maybe that won't be done because it
is an ABI change.
2007-04-30 10:39:32 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
cd24c68794
ffix
2007-04-30 09:00:59 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
7fd8a3c9db
wfix
2007-04-30 08:55:57 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
bab1c5df34
Removed out-of-date FIXME
2007-04-30 06:16:57 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
0fcd5bc9cb
"-1" should be "\-1"
2007-04-27 17:11:22 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
18be658d0c
s/nonnegative/non-negative/
2007-04-24 19:10:31 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
099c2a5971
Wrap long lines
2007-04-24 16:56:32 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
1c44bd5b0b
Wrap long lines; start sentences on new lines
2007-04-24 16:44:51 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
88933758db
Added some formatting fixes
2007-04-21 11:02:46 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
c13182efa3
Wrapped long lines, wrapped at sentence boundaries; stripped trailing
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white space.
2007-04-12 22:42:49 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
273691af91
Remove crufty statement that this system call is not implemented.
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The nice interval can be used to control the size of the round-robin
quantum.
2007-04-05 14:37:59 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
41798314b6
Code formatting fixes
2007-04-05 14:17:54 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
7295b7eda0
Replaced tabs with spaces
2007-04-05 13:29:41 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
1bef0ec265
Moved timespec definition from SYNOPSIS into description.
2007-04-05 12:50:59 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
cf0a9ace57
ffix
2007-04-05 12:36:57 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
b9208776db
Make SYNOPSIS match select.2.
2007-04-03 18:03:03 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
332f4bb952
Include <sys/daemon.h> header in SYNOPSIS
2007-04-03 18:02:44 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
66ac438177
tfix
2007-04-03 17:56:03 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
b9f027105c
ffix
2007-04-03 15:32:52 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
521bf58405
ffix
2007-04-03 14:04:54 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
ed9ed0f576
ffix
2007-04-03 13:03:04 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
70d67e7929
ffix
2007-04-03 12:49:50 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
d12c14243e
Formatting fixes + fixed return values.
2007-04-03 12:47:21 +00:00