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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.
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/getuid.2 b/lib/libc/sys/getuid.2
index e352adf..3e32fb0 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/getuid.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/getuid.2
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn getuid
-function returns the real user ID of the calling process.
+system call returns the real user ID of the calling process.
The
.Fn geteuid
-function
+system call
returns the effective user ID of the calling process.
.Pp
The real user ID is that of the user who has invoked the program.
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ The
.Fn getuid
and
.Fn geteuid
-functions are always successful, and no return value is reserved to
+system calls are always successful, and no return value is reserved to
indicate an error.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr getgid 2 ,
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ The
.Fn geteuid
and
.Fn getuid
-function calls are expected to conform to
+system calls are expected to conform to
.St -p1003.1-90 .
.Sh HISTORY
-A
+The
.Fn getuid
-and a
+and
.Fn geteuid
-function call appeared in
+functions appeared in
.At v7 .
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