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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2002-12-18 09:22:32 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2002-12-18 09:22:32 +0000
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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/flock.2')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/flock.2 b/lib/libc/sys/flock.2
index fc3e15c..40f071d 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/flock.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/flock.2
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn flock
-function applies or removes an
+system call applies or removes an
.Em advisory
lock on the file associated with the file descriptor
.Fa fd .
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Processes blocked awaiting a lock may be awakened by signals.
.Sh ERRORS
The
.Fn flock
-call fails if:
+system call fails if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EWOULDBLOCK
The file is locked and the
@@ -146,5 +146,5 @@ refers to an object that does not support file locking.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn flock
-function call appeared in
+system call appeared in
.Bx 4.2 .
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