Commit Graph

1185 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Michael Kerrisk f67cdb5d4d Rewrote most of the DESCRIPTION, as well as some other parts
the page, to clarify use and operation of, and rationale for,
fsync(2) and fdatasync(2).
2006-04-27 23:31:05 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk a85a10cb73 wfix 2006-04-27 22:41:20 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 9b8ff97a12 wfix 2006-04-27 22:40:34 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 9ce4a62267 removed FIXME 2006-04-26 21:59:45 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 85a6e642f1 remove mention of HZ on Alpha and ia-64 2006-04-26 20:32:22 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 093a7ea09b Update on scheduled fix for tv_usec 2006-04-26 20:00:27 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 563711249d Added text to note that current incorrect behaviour of
normalising tv_usec >= 1000000 will be repaired in a future
kernel; applications should be fixed now.
2006-04-26 19:39:33 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk eafd5ce11f Added SEE ALSO referring to new time.7 2006-04-26 07:26:36 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 4a04071ad2 Overview of time. 2006-04-26 07:14:42 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 79893ac3a4 wfix 2006-04-26 06:51:15 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 7f4f95858a The range of tm_sec is 0..60 (not 0..61). 2006-04-26 05:49:35 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 6c98e32416 ffix 2006-04-26 05:49:24 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk a8bbb90693 Updated discussion of maximum timer value to reflect the fact
that the default jiffy is now 4 milliseconds.
Added a FIXME.
2006-04-26 04:42:14 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk bb47b54bfb Add SEE ALSO pointing to getline.3. 2006-04-25 21:31:05 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 178b977b7f Detail exactly which mount flags can be changed on MS_REMOUNT. 2006-04-25 09:32:44 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 83b21473f7 added FIXME 2006-04-25 09:13:22 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 564d99410b Since kernel 2.6.16, MS_NOATIME and MS_NODIRATIME are settable on a per- mount basis. 2006-04-25 08:18:18 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk cdab486d3f Updated FIXME 2006-04-25 06:57:00 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 0eee473cb8 Added FIXME 2006-04-25 06:55:21 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 7998dde242 ffix 2006-04-25 06:09:55 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk ae74cd0de1 Add text noting that a signal's disposition is process-wide,
shared by all threads.
Add text on changing signal disposition.
Add text on "signal mask and pending signals".
Other minor edits.
2006-04-24 00:43:09 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk cbd3458862 Updated FIXME 2006-04-23 23:34:59 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 92452da5db ffix 2006-04-23 23:33:10 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 66679b1f0f 4.x BSD --> 4.xBSD 2006-04-23 23:29:16 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 96a67b1111 Remove old FIXME 2006-04-23 23:15:26 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk d1331c6fb7 Noted that all threads should block signal being waited for. 2006-04-22 20:57:18 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 21008754d7 New page. 2006-04-22 03:56:18 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 84564be219 Added SEE ALSO for new sockatmark.3. 2006-04-22 03:18:05 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 7005bc229e Solaris also has the system call. 2006-04-22 00:00:50 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 69b7b9e5fc Minor changes 2006-04-22 00:00:13 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk f4d34a38da Correct header file in synopsis 2006-04-21 23:12:01 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk ce372a5bde wfix 2006-04-21 22:53:05 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 956a644642 new fstatat(2) page 2006-04-21 22:39:00 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk a5537674fd wfix 2006-04-21 19:07:17 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 516f0680e4 Update FIXME 2006-04-21 19:01:55 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 6dff8403b8 wfix 2006-04-21 19:01:43 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 39179b3eec wfix 2006-04-21 18:17:12 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 5e01a1de98 Improve opening para describing purpose of select(). 2006-04-21 10:41:09 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 9eaee63177 A few small additions 2006-04-21 07:01:40 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 50e5322c85 Added SEE ALSO reference to ftm.7 2006-04-21 06:49:34 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 55b726d1a1 New page describing feature test macros. 2006-04-21 06:47:08 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk fb961f311e Simplified wording about requirement for _BSD_SOURCE macro. 2006-04-21 06:28:54 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 2c5e151c7f ipc.7 --> svipc.7 2006-04-21 03:53:43 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 9fe4bb75f5 Give a more precise name 2006-04-21 03:46:01 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 0319ff5e69 fifo.4 --> fifo.7 2006-04-21 03:45:38 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 6319e935b0 Add text noting that contents of newly created segment are zero values. 2006-04-21 02:02:05 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk af5b2ef2cc fifo.4 --> fifo.7 2006-04-21 01:46:04 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk b02a056cbd Link to new location 2006-04-21 01:44:14 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 292a6fad74 fifo.4 --> fifo.7 2006-04-21 01:43:18 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk a8bda63671 complex.5 --> complex.7 2006-04-21 01:24:06 +00:00