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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/gettimeofday.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/gettimeofday.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/gettimeofday.2 | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/gettimeofday.2 b/lib/libc/sys/gettimeofday.2 index b7bfca1..397388d 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/gettimeofday.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/gettimeofday.2 @@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ the kernel. The system's notion of the current Greenwich time and the current time zone is obtained with the .Fn gettimeofday -call, and set with the +system call, and set with the .Fn settimeofday -call. The time is expressed in seconds and microseconds +system call. The time is expressed in seconds and microseconds since midnight (0 hour), January 1, 1970. The resolution of the system clock is hardware dependent, and the time may be updated continuously or in @@ -128,5 +128,5 @@ A user other than the super-user attempted to set the time. .Sh HISTORY The .Fn gettimeofday -function call appeared in +system call appeared in .Bx 4.2 . |
