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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/kill.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/kill.2')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/kill.2 | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/kill.2 b/lib/libc/sys/kill.2 index a04f46f..7cbe63d 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/kill.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/kill.2 @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn kill -function sends the signal given by +system call sends the signal given by .Fa sig to .Fa pid , @@ -108,7 +108,9 @@ This is a variant of .Sh RETURN VALUES .Rv -std kill .Sh ERRORS -.Fn Kill +The +.Fn kill +system call will fail and no signal will be sent if: .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er EINVAL @@ -136,10 +138,10 @@ of the group could not be signaled. .Sh STANDARDS The .Fn kill -function call is expected to conform to +system call is expected to conform to .St -p1003.1-90 . .Sh HISTORY -A +The .Fn kill -function call appeared in +function appeared in .At v7 . |