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| author | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-12-18 09:22:32 +0000 |
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| committer | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-12-18 09:22:32 +0000 |
| commit | a4b155d7a2170a500eb79b46959eef4018441062 (patch) | |
| tree | cb18f664ed0ee63bee30f6af9b148510b6e9663b /lib/libc/sys/fcntl.2 | |
| parent | e7e659d1cc574138f455ed70d58a07294211ff5a (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-a4b155d7a2170a500eb79b46959eef4018441062.zip FreeBSD-src-a4b155d7a2170a500eb79b46959eef4018441062.tar.gz | |
mdoc(7) police: Tidy up the syscall language.
Stop calling system calls "function calls".
Use "The .Fn system call" a-la "The .Nm utility".
When referring to a non-BSD implementation in
the HISTORY section, call syscall a function,
to be safe.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/fcntl.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/fcntl.2 | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/fcntl.2 b/lib/libc/sys/fcntl.2 index 6635e31..5d5a252 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/fcntl.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/fcntl.2 @@ -47,14 +47,14 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn fcntl -function provides for control over descriptors. +system call provides for control over descriptors. The argument .Fa fd is a descriptor to be operated on by .Fa cmd as described below. Depending on the value of .Fa cmd , -.Nm +.Fn fcntl can take an additional third argument .Fa "int arg" . .Bl -tag -width F_GETOWNX @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ flags are as follows: .It Dv O_NONBLOCK Non-blocking I/O; if no data is available to a .Xr read 2 -call, or if a +system call, or if a .Xr write 2 operation would block, the read or write call returns -1 with the error @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ in the .Fa flock structure. If no lock is found that would prevent this lock from being created, -the structure is left unchanged by this function call except for the +the structure is left unchanged by this system call except for the lock type which is set to .Dv F_UNLCK . .It Dv F_SETLK @@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ requested a lock on the database. Another minor semantic problem with this interface is that locks are not inherited by a child process created using the .Xr fork 2 -function. +system call. The .Xr flock 2 interface has much more rational last close semantics and @@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ is set to indicate the error. .Sh ERRORS The .Fn fcntl -function will fail if: +system call will fail if: .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er EAGAIN The argument @@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ The argument .Fa cmd is .Dv F_SETLKW , -and the function was interrupted by a signal. +and the system call was interrupted by a signal. .It Bq Er EINVAL .Fa Cmd is @@ -554,5 +554,5 @@ for the reasons as stated in .Sh HISTORY The .Fn fcntl -function call appeared in +system call appeared in .Bx 4.2 . |
