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Michael Kerrisk 4a6515efe0 Note that killpg() is actually a library function on Linux. 2007-06-24 17:28:02 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 4068436347 wfix 2007-06-24 17:06:42 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 3b13618d5d grfix 2007-06-23 08:22:53 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk eee0a2ec83 minor wording fix 2007-06-23 08:19:17 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk af21031765 wfix 2007-06-23 08:17:33 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 0643ee28f8 wfix 2007-06-23 08:16:35 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk b7d35dc76a Minor wording fix 2007-06-23 08:13:42 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 43232e4357 ffix 2007-06-23 08:11:32 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 66ee0c7e89 ffix 2007-06-23 07:19:07 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk c91e381d47 ffix 2007-06-23 07:05:05 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk c1a6449fe7 ffix 2007-06-22 20:54:26 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 097585edcb ffix 2007-06-22 20:40:07 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 2f0af33ba6 ffix 2007-06-22 19:42:52 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 1274071a69 ffix 2007-06-22 18:25:23 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk db4e96b771 ffix 2007-06-22 17:48:59 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk c3dfd2c880 ffix 2007-06-22 17:42:06 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 682edefb1b ffix 2007-06-22 17:16:20 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 09b235db2a Format errno. 2007-06-22 06:05:43 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 988db66164 strip trailing white space 2007-06-21 22:55:04 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 52087dd3e8 ffix 2007-06-21 21:58:51 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 8bd58774dc Formatted signal names 2007-06-21 05:38:48 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 7b2b5ea4fb ffix 2007-06-20 22:20:03 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 0b9bdf82fb ffix 2007-06-20 22:15:34 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 5917ad3d34 ffix 2007-06-20 22:11:14 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk f25eaea8f3 ffix 2007-06-20 22:09:10 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk c84371c688 Italics for header file references 2007-06-20 21:53:34 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 29059a6548 s/-/\\-/ 2007-06-20 21:39:45 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 89f9f5b25d ffix 2007-06-20 20:48:54 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk bf25f45cf8 Note that some architectures don't have socketcall(2); instead
real system calls are provided for socket(), bind(), etc.
2007-06-20 20:15:29 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk d398968003 Note that some architectures don't have ipc(2); instead
real system calls are provided for shmctl(), semctl(), etc.
2007-06-20 20:14:26 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 34f2460ed5 Rewrite to reflect the fact that the _syscallN
macros are no longer available.
2007-06-20 18:53:27 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 3442f570a8 Remove reference to _syscall0() macro. 2007-06-20 18:43:01 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 02a5cdc5ea Add semtimedop() to SEE ALSO. 2007-06-20 06:05:13 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk ed2a6c7314 Add recvmsg() and sendmsg() to SEE ALSO. 2007-06-20 06:04:50 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 0fb58b282d Fix small wording error. 2007-06-19 20:42:27 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 9b0e0996ee the syscall is exported as "__clone2" not "clone2". 2007-06-19 20:09:36 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 49363fa6ab ffix 2007-06-18 19:56:51 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 4db7cf5dbd Update text for EPERM error describing the maximum number of
swap files.  (From downstream Fedora patch.)
2007-06-16 18:22:38 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 97bc00947f Add NOTES para about permissions required to call sched_setscheduler()
on other systems.
2007-06-16 12:25:22 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 4f4d2facf2 wfix 2007-06-16 11:58:42 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 3a928a5078 Updated FIXME. 2007-06-16 11:45:57 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 2b83e9fe13 Updated FIXME. 2007-06-16 11:43:44 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 228688f9ea Changed text for EINVAL error. 2007-06-16 11:27:34 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 5766b19637 Noted that timeout can also be changed is select() is interrupted by a signal. 2007-06-16 10:46:33 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 2e42dfb375 tfix 2007-06-15 21:44:10 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk bb54fa0226 Fix include in SYNOPSIS. 2007-06-15 05:47:32 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 5537bcf8d3 Add "Link with -laio" to SYNOPSIS.
Fih includes in SYNOPSIS.
2007-06-15 05:47:08 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk d676e60b93 spfix 2007-06-14 06:33:12 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk f5b031864e Reordered .SH sections. 2007-06-14 06:31:39 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk f4a411231c ffix 2007-06-13 22:32:37 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 0c2ec4f115 ffix 2007-06-13 22:13:46 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 0ff8384a43 Small wording change. 2007-06-13 22:05:57 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 0e1ad98ccf Updated FIXMEs 2007-06-13 21:48:16 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 2b0fa18232 replace form `....' with \fI...\fP where the enclosed string is a pathname,
type name, or argument name.
2007-06-12 21:19:16 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk ee62201f94 Fixed description of EACCES error.
Added sentence defining "curret working directory".
Other minor wording changes.
2007-06-12 05:23:03 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 3363301f11 wfix 2007-06-11 20:36:00 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 589cdb95ce ffix 2007-06-11 20:35:18 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk a622ed8f93 Made NOTES text into a VERSIONS section, since that's what it really describes. 2007-06-11 19:57:10 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk a43e21f0b4 Added details about seekable files and file offset.
Noted that write() may write less than 'count' bytes, and
gave some examples of why this might occur.
Noted what happens if write() is interrupted by a signal.
Minor wording changes.
2007-06-11 19:51:09 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 460e6363dc s/i-node/inode/ 2007-06-11 19:23:43 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk fc7ba05735 s/process' /process's/ 2007-06-11 19:20:30 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 7eeba17aac Minor wording changes 2007-06-11 19:13:42 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 51a138ce9a Minore rewordings; added a FIXME. 2007-06-11 19:07:41 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 7c1bc63f44 ffix 2007-06-11 18:45:36 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 7dbfafa8ca Minore rewordings. 2007-06-11 18:40:01 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk ed15fce22c Update .TH line; previous commit noted what happens if
gethostid() can't open /etc/hostid.
2007-06-10 18:18:04 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 53a6b01dee Add NOTES paragraph noting that <sys/types.h> isn't required by
POSIX.1-2001 or Linux, but was required on some implementations.
2007-06-10 18:08:27 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk c36973a3d6 s/w.r.t./with respect to/ 2007-06-08 12:11:23 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 75b94dc35c Change "e.g. " to "e.g., ", or in some cases, "for example, ".
Change "i.e. " to i.e.., ", or in some cases, "that is, ".
2007-06-08 11:56:22 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk eb1af89677 Corrected minor spelling/wording mistakes (i.e., changes
independent of fixes for American spelling).
2007-06-08 10:58:53 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk d9bfdb9c21 Convert to American spelling conventions 2007-06-08 09:56:56 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 53a1443cce Add SEE ALSO link to new credentials.7. 2007-06-08 07:57:18 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 677f47663e Wrap source lines at sentence breaks. 2007-06-08 03:17:37 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 5edee42039 Updated discussion of somaxconn limit. 2007-06-06 19:08:30 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 06dc77641b wfix 2007-06-06 18:44:03 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 1f821a554d Added some comments to example program. 2007-06-06 18:40:56 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk deec2da39c Updated VERSIONS section 2007-06-05 19:36:20 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 0f94034628 Added VERSIONS section. 2007-06-05 07:06:49 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk ed0e2b2fb9 Glibc support has been provided since version 2.2. 2007-06-05 06:54:26 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 570dd97898 Added VERSIONS section. 2007-06-05 06:32:07 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 4f73a46c64 Added VERSIONS section 2007-06-05 06:21:03 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 5a16bf48ff In Linux 2.6, the 'modify_ldt_ldt_s' structure was renamed 'user_desc'.
Include definition of 'user_desc' structure.
Minor rewordings.
2007-06-02 20:55:04 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk d3b5ab8237 Small changes in EXAMPLE program. 2007-06-02 08:31:25 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 544195a1d6 spfix 2007-06-02 08:20:26 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk af5f950813 Update copyright notice 2007-06-02 08:19:44 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 4594917527 Reformatted code example 2007-06-02 06:08:57 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 28442c8f31 grfix 2007-06-02 05:49:27 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 3758f6dad4 Minor wording fixes 2007-06-02 05:45:14 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 8427b6a4f2 grfix 2007-06-02 05:32:54 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 8fc3da7ec0 Removed reference to non-existent sigsend(2). 2007-06-01 06:05:11 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk e82e185fc6 fix xref 2007-06-01 06:01:34 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 28dfb19d8b fix xref 2007-06-01 05:59:25 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk deff900024 Correct xref 2007-06-01 05:57:24 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 21a50d3348 Added some .\" comments 2007-06-01 05:56:53 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 76375bc632 wfix 2007-06-01 05:55:54 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 6a326a8527 grfix 2007-06-01 05:25:42 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 19f6943dce grfix 2007-06-01 05:25:11 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 0f5ccfc8a7 Remove SEE ALSO reference to non-existent mt.4. 2007-06-01 05:21:06 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk b0742c81c6 Small clarification of description of 'mode'. 2007-05-30 15:49:22 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk dfaae36266 Minor wording fixes 2007-05-30 15:43:44 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 7218bcea37 Minor wording fixes. 2007-05-30 15:32:01 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk f67f9e203e Update .TH line to include "Linux" 2007-05-30 05:40:58 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk d9343c5c13 Removed version number from .TH line 2007-05-30 05:36:26 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk ceaeac2470 spfix 2007-05-29 04:37:56 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 7f3db3125d spfix 2007-05-29 04:36:42 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 88210f5f31 ffix 2007-05-29 04:15:21 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 43940e36a9 ffix 2007-05-28 15:52:03 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 70d1cb2d51 spfix 2007-05-28 15:42:02 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 973a928ae1 Modified .TH line 2007-05-28 12:07:09 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk bc7ff20e70 Added EXAMPLE program. 2007-05-28 11:43:03 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 735f354f03 wfix 2007-05-28 11:07:05 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 1c27853f55 Added new EXAMPLE section referring to example in getaddrinfo.3 2007-05-28 10:53:03 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk f11e5e44f7 Add new EXAMPLE section with pointer to example in bind.2. 2007-05-28 10:40:39 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 185f68728f Expand example program, and move it to new EXAMPLE section. 2007-05-28 10:38:13 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 218d23e5a3 Rewrote various parts. 2007-05-27 21:33:14 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk bc0d5df316 Strengthen warning against the use of signal().
Add siginterrupt(3) to SEE ALSO list.
2007-05-27 21:03:48 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 2720c2ed56 Added '\" comment 2007-05-27 17:04:53 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 08fcffef9a Updated FIXME. 2007-05-27 15:23:47 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 7190cf218e Updated TH line 2007-05-27 14:35:53 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 78f2eeab03 Add ENOSYS error. 2007-05-27 14:06:02 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk d880b21c28 Small rewrite of SEE ALSO text pointing to Document/* in kernel source. 2007-05-27 12:13:11 +00:00
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
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
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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