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Author SHA1 Message Date
Michael Kerrisk 5503c85ea4 intro.1, fork.2, futex.2, open.2, rename.2, select_tut.2, semop.2, spu_create.2, stat.2, netlink.3, random.3, scanf.3, shm_open.3, strftime.3, console.4, console_codes.4, sk98lin.4, st.4, bootparam.7, cpuset.7, credentials.7, man-pages.7, path_resolution.7, uri.7: Global fix: remove spaces around em-dash
Normal English typographical convention is not to have
spaces around em dashes.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2011-10-03 08:47:35 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 5fab2e7c9c Changes.old, clone.2, execve.2, fcntl.2, futex.2, getitimer.2, getpriority.2, mmap.2, mount.2, mprotect.2, sched_setscheduler.2, select_tut.2, setuid.2, sigaltstack.2, vfork.2, div.3, fenv.3, fmod.3, memchr.3, pthread_attr_setstackaddr.3, pthread_attr_setstacksize.3, pthread_getattr_np.3, queue.3, scanf.3, trunc.3, st.4, proc.5, services.5, utmp.5, bootparam.7, capabilities.7, feature_test_macros.7, futex.7, glob.7, man.7, netlink.7, unicode.7: Switch to American usage: "-wards" ==> "-ward"
American English uses "afterward" in preference to "afterwards",
and so on

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-09-26 07:34:47 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 6b2bd25649 futex.2: srcfix: update FIXME
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk@konstanz.(none)>
2010-08-31 06:50:46 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk fd3fa7efa5 futex.2: Minor wording changes
Reported-by: Yuri Kozlov <yuray@komyakino.ru>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk@konstanz.(none)>
2010-08-29 06:21:27 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 9b936e9eec futex.2: Various fixes in SEE ALSO
Reported-by: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-05-22 05:23:14 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk d603cc27b6 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>
2010-01-16 17:46:09 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk fcdad7d6ff futex.2: Mention that glibc provides no wrapper function for futex()
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2008-11-28 11:31:35 -05:00
Michael Kerrisk c4bb193f3c s/parameter/argument/ when talking about the things given
to a function call, for consistency with majority usage.
2008-07-10 20:53:08 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 5e5c87978d tfix 2008-07-08 11:56:30 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 40d5cf23dd Updated FIXME 2008-07-04 21:10:31 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 01538d0d51 ERRORS: Added reference to signal(7) in dicussion of EINTR. 2008-07-04 15:50:36 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk da36351ec7 FUTEX_FD has been removed, as of kernel 2.6.26. 2008-05-21 13:48:54 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 9eb143a1db Improve wording describing error returns. 2008-01-31 13:29:11 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 5b4b27342b Update date in .TH 2008-01-31 11:01:28 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk f867dcc700 Explicitly describe return value in the event of an error. 2008-01-31 10:41:08 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 4701fc284e Add ENOSYS error to errors. 2008-01-31 10:35:05 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 8382f16db1 grfix 2007-12-25 21:28:09 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 14d8dd3ba1 ffix 2007-12-17 11:28:40 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk b87dcfb900 grfix 2007-10-03 19:56:24 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk a8d5553785 ffix 2007-07-18 20:24:30 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk c5b0e98e5b tfix 2007-07-13 08:16:50 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 682edefb1b ffix 2007-06-22 17:16:20 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 52087dd3e8 ffix 2007-06-21 21:58:51 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk d9343c5c13 Removed version number from .TH line 2007-05-30 05:36:26 +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 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 3d5a3539b7 Fix inconsistencies in .TH lines 2007-05-18 09:11:21 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk c13182efa3 Wrapped long lines, wrapped at sentence boundaries; stripped trailing
white space.
2007-04-12 22:42:49 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 521bf58405 ffix 2007-04-03 14:04:54 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 037510969c tfix 2006-11-25 06:19:11 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 266a5e9172 FUTEX_FD is scheduled for removal in June 2007. 2006-11-25 01:57:28 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 34f7665a1c Added FIXME for priority inheritance operations. 2006-09-26 06:38:06 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk db71f2e2a5 tfix 2006-08-08 16:26:04 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 9d9dc1e854 Updated CONFORMING TO and/or standards references 2006-08-04 09:41:28 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk a8bda63671 complex.5 --> complex.7 2006-04-21 01:24:06 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk e511ffb6bc Automated addition of parentheses by add_parens_for_own_funcs.sh 2005-10-19 06:54:38 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk df8a3cac32 hyphen/dash fixes 2005-07-18 12:43:00 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk e9496f74fa Hyphen/dash fixes 2005-07-06 06:54:27 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk fea681dafb Import of man-pages 1.70 2004-11-03 13:51:07 +00:00