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"
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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
0b08dd494d
wavelan.4: srcfix: remove unneeded comments
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-09-22 07:44:46 +02:00
72542487e7
getaddrinfo.3, getipnodebyname.3, initrd.4, st.4: minor: update timestamps
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk@konstanz.(none)>
2010-09-04 07:19:26 +02:00
75d33b2a9a
wavelan.4: wfix
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk@konstanz.(none)>
2010-08-29 07:13:54 +02:00
b083bb6439
initrd.4: spfix
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk@konstanz.(none)>
2010-08-29 07:01:30 +02:00
0ab92df8e0
initrd.4: Fix IP address in explanation of NFS example
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk@konstanz.(none)>
2010-08-29 06:57:24 +02:00
2e9cee8aee
initrd.4: ffix
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk@konstanz.(none)>
2010-08-29 06:54:31 +02:00
a98b7568b2
fd.4: Various small wording fixes
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk@konstanz.(none)>
2010-08-29 06:53:36 +02:00
8b1bda66c7
fd.4: wfix
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk@konstanz.(none)>
2010-08-29 06:45:31 +02:00
a26a0d7be5
random.4: Minor wording fix (s/above/below)
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk@konstanz.(none)>
2010-08-29 06:37:19 +02:00
ddf54565a2
st.4: ffix
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk@konstanz.(none)>
2010-08-29 06:34:55 +02:00
87f6d861fa
st.4: s/logical OR/bitwise OR/
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-06-26 11:33:10 +02:00
513051f769
add_key.2, keyctl.2, request_key.2, stime.2, time.2, ctime.3, difftime.3, ftime.3, getspnam.3, mq_receive.3, mq_send.3, rtime.3, sem_wait.3, string.3, timeradd.3, tzset.3, rtc.4, core.5, icmp.7, time.7, zic.8: Updated .TH timestamp
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-02-25 10:43:57 +01:00
f49c451a62
stime.2, time.2, utimensat.2, ctime.3, difftime.3, ftime.3, getspnam.3, mq_receive.3, mq_send.3, rtime.3, sem_wait.3, strftime.3, strptime.3, timeradd.3, rtc.4, core.5, proc.5, icmp.7, time.7: Global fix: Consistently define the Epoch
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All definitions of the Epoch have been refactored to the following:
1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 (UTC)
That form is more consistent, logical, precise, and internationally
recognizable than the other variants.
Also, some wording has been altered as well.
Signed-off-by: Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-01-17 04:55:05 +01:00
bd74a87338
prctl.2, putgrent.3, strcat.3, strcpy.3, console_ioctl.4: grfix
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-01-16 18:56:17 +01:00
ae03dc6613
getaddrinfo.3, setlocale.3, strchr.3, wctob.3, st.4, glob.7, locale.7, regex.7, standards.7, unicode.7, utf-8.7: Global fix: s/multi-/multi/
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The tendency in English, as prescribed in style guides like
Chicago MoS, is towards removing hyphens after prefixes
like "multi-" etc.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-01-16 18:47:55 +01:00
3b777affca
close.2, epoll_create.2, epoll_ctl.2, fcntl.2, madvise.2, mmap.2, mremap.2, select_tut.2, setgid.2, setuid.2, syscalls.2, vmsplice.2, dlopen.3, fts.3, getpw.3, stdio.3, fd.4, initrd.4, random.4, sd.4, bootparam.7, capabilities.7, cpuset.7, epoll.7, inotify.7, man.7, socket.7, x25.7: Global fix: s/re-/re/
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The tendency in English, as prescribed in style guides like
Chicago MoS, is towards removing hyphens after prefixes
like "re-" etc.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-01-16 18:45:23 +01:00
23588a6ab4
random.4: wfix
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-01-16 18:21:45 +01:00
24b74457e7
accept.2, access.2, acct.2, clock_nanosleep.2, mbind.2, mincore.2, remap_file_pages.2, sched_setscheduler.2, set_mempolicy.2, splice.2, stat.2, syslog.2, timer_create.2, timerfd_create.2, truncate.2, fenv.3, ferror.3, fflush.3, fgetwc.3, fgetws.3, flockfile.3, fputwc.3, fputws.3, fread.3, getopt.3, gets.3, getwchar.3, glob.3, iconv.3, longjmp.3, pow.3, printf.3, puts.3, putwchar.3, regex.3, rpc.3, scanf.3, setjmp.3, termios.3, unlocked_stdio.3, wcswidth.3, hd.4, rtc.4, st.4, core.5, dir_colors.5, elf.5, proc.5, arp.7, ascii.7, boot.7, bootparam.7, charsets.7, futex.7, ip.7, iso_8859-11.7, man-pages.7, man.7, mdoc.samples.7, path_resolution.7, pipe.7, posixoptions.7, unicode.7, unix.7, uri.7, utf-8.7, ld.so.8: s/non-/non/
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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 18:20:12 +01:00
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/
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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
ff40dbb354
accept.2, connect.2, eventfd.2, flock.2, open.2, posix_fadvise.2, read.2, recv.2, sched_setscheduler.2, select_tut.2, send.2, signalfd.2, splice.2, timerfd_create.2, write.2, flockfile.3, mkfifo.3, mq_notify.3, mq_open.3, pthread_tryjoin_np.3, scanf.3, random.4, ddp.7, epoll.7, fifo.7, ip.7, pipe.7, socket.7, spufs.7: Global fix: s/non-blocking/nonblocking/
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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 17:43:10 +01:00
aa79648125
mbind.2, rename.2, sched_setscheduler.2, set_mempolicy.2, syslog.2, argz_add.3, dlopen.3, scanf.3, strtod.3, strtok.3, tcgetpgrp.3, hd.4, cpuset.7, regex.7, ld.so.8: Global fix: s/non-empty/nonempty/
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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 17:41:47 +01:00
c7094399ad
intro.1, time.1, adjtimex.2, capget.2, eventfd.2, fcntl.2, getrlimit.2, getsockopt.2, gettimeofday.2, intro.2, ioctl_list.2, ioperm.2, mlock.2, pivot_root.2, poll.2, prctl.2, ptrace.2, sched_setscheduler.2, select_tut.2, semget.2, sigaltstack.2, signalfd.2, sysctl.2, timer_settime.2, timerfd_create.2, wait.2, CPU_SET.3, argz_add.3, assert_perror.3, atexit.3, backtrace.3, bcmp.3, clearenv.3, ctime.3, dl_iterate_phdr.3, dlopen.3, ecvt.3, errno.3, error.3, ether_aton.3, exit.3, fenv.3, ferror.3, finite.3, flockfile.3, fnmatch.3, fpathconf.3, fpclassify.3, ftime.3, ftok.3, ftw.3, fwide.3, getaddrinfo.3, gethostbyname.3, getlogin.3, getnameinfo.3, getnetent.3, getopt.3, getprotoent.3, getrpcent.3, getservent.3, glob.3, hsearch.3, inet.3, isalpha.3, iswalnum.3, iswalpha.3, iswblank.3, iswcntrl.3, iswctype.3, iswdigit.3, iswgraph.3, iswlower.3, iswprint.3, iswpunct.3, iswspace.3, iswupper.3, iswxdigit.3, longjmp.3, lsearch.3, malloc.3, matherr.3, mblen.3, mbsinit.3, mbtowc.3, on_exit.3, printf.3, pthread_attr_init.3, pthread_attr_setaffinity_np.3, pthread_attr_setdetachstate.3, pthread_attr_setguardsize.3, pthread_attr_setinheritsched.3, pthread_attr_setschedparam.3, pthread_attr_setschedpolicy.3, pthread_attr_setscope.3, pthread_attr_setstack.3, pthread_attr_setstackaddr.3, pthread_attr_setstacksize.3, pthread_cancel.3, pthread_cleanup_push.3, pthread_equal.3, pthread_getattr_np.3, pthread_getcpuclockid.3, pthread_setaffinity_np.3, pthread_setcancelstate.3, pthread_setconcurrency.3, pthread_setschedparam.3, pthread_setschedprio.3, ptsname.3, putenv.3, putgrent.3, raise.3, rcmd.3, regex.3, rexec.3, rpc.3, rpmatch.3, rtnetlink.3, scandir.3, sem_init.3, setaliasent.3, setbuf.3, setenv.3, setjmp.3, signbit.3, stdio_ext.3, strtod.3, strtol.3, strtoul.3, system.3, termios.3, timeradd.3, tzset.3, ualarm.3, wctomb.3, xdr.3, st.4, tty_ioctl.4, core.5, elf.5, proc.5, bootparam.7, capabilities.7, icmp.7, ip.7, ipv6.7, math_error.7, mdoc.samples.7, mq_overview.7, pthreads.7, raw.7, regex.7, socket.7, tcp.7, tzselect.8: Global fix: s/non-zero/nonzero/
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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 17:40:55 +01:00
8d24c515fc
pts.4: wfix in NAME section
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2009-12-05 07:12:52 +01:00
fba89f025f
console_ioctl.4: tfix in NAME section
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2009-12-05 07:12:24 +01:00
e463809843
tty_ioctl.4: tfix in NAME line
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2009-12-05 07:11:32 +01:00
4cd0814b5c
cpuid.4: Minor fixes
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Use the same formatting conventions as other manpages.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2009-09-28 12:46:26 +02:00
b644cdd71b
initrd.4: Various minor wording improvements.
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2009-04-04 07:00:03 +13:00
c0ba15567d
initrd.4: Add missing word in description
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2009-04-04 06:42:05 +13:00
daad8dcdcc
cpuid.4, msr.4: srcfix: update copyright line, as per Andi Kleen's request
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2009-04-01 08:32:21 +13:00
7c63ca6ced
Removed trailing white space at end of lines
2009-03-31 10:13:30 +13:00
4b34b3e237
cpuid.4: New page for cpuid access device
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2009-03-31 09:42:33 +13:00
027ac74c30
msr.4: New page documenting x86 CPU MSR access device
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2009-03-31 08:33:25 +13:00
6f5b5631a4
console_ioctl.4: Fix 'argp' type for KDGETLED description
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See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=517485
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2009-03-08 13:35:20 +13:00
3508b1f192
null.4: Minor clarifications
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2009-02-23 15:39:39 +13:00
c8b34bdfbf
random.4: spfix
2009-02-21 07:13:48 +13:00
e3e1215526
console_codes.4: spfix
2009-02-21 00:21:09 +13:00
c5571b613b
Removed trailing white space at end of lines
2008-10-29 15:43:44 -05:00
08c9b488f4
timerfd_create.2, ctime.3, frexp.3, strftime.3, strtok.3, tty_ioctl.4, iso_8859-7.7: tstamp
2008-10-29 15:36:12 -05:00
132249c496
tty_ioctl.4: wfix: s/tty/terminal/
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2008-10-29 14:54:10 -05:00
bf70773447
tty_ioctl.4: wfix
2008-10-29 14:54:10 -05:00
922a35c0dc
tty_ioctl.4: wfix: s/pty/pseudoterminal/
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2008-10-29 14:54:10 -05:00
b5fa38a31f
tty_ioctl.4: Explain capability requirements for TIOCCONS
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Explain capability requirements for TIOCCONS, and describe
changes in 2.6.10 relating to capabilities.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2008-10-29 14:54:10 -05:00
c0b7505909
tty_ioctl.4: Explain capability requirements for various ioctls
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For TIOCSLCKTRMIOS, TIOCSCTTY, TIOCEXCL, explain the exact
capability that is required (the text formerly just said "root"
in each case).
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2008-10-29 14:54:09 -05:00
4961e71d7f
tty_ioctl.4: ffix
2008-10-29 14:54:09 -05:00
e5f53fe5ad
console_ioctl.4: srcfix: updated FIXME
2008-10-29 14:54:09 -05:00
3dbca875de
console_ioctl.4: srcfix: updated FIXME
2008-10-29 14:54:09 -05:00
e0d8018d1d
console_ioctl.4: srcfix: updated FIXME
2008-10-29 14:54:09 -05:00
915464d8d1
console_ioctl.4: srcfix: added FIXME
2008-10-29 14:54:09 -05:00
a89813268d
console_ioctl.4: ffix
2008-10-16 12:50:27 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk