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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/nanosleep.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/nanosleep.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/nanosleep.2 | 20 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/nanosleep.2 b/lib/libc/sys/nanosleep.2 index 5a39a44..b628131 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/nanosleep.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/nanosleep.2 @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ -.\" $FreeBSD$ .\" $OpenBSD: nanosleep.2,v 1.1 1997/04/20 20:56:20 tholo Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: nanosleep.2,v 1.1 1997/04/17 18:12:02 jtc Exp $ .\" @@ -34,6 +33,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)sleep.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" $FreeBSD$ .\" .Dd April 17, 1997 .Dt NANOSLEEP 2 @@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ .Ft int .Fn nanosleep "const struct timespec *rqtp" "struct timespec *rmtp" .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Fn Nanosleep +The +.Fn nanosleep +system call causes the process to sleep for the specified time. An unmasked signal will cause it to terminate the sleep early, regardless of the .Dv SA_RESTART @@ -56,25 +58,25 @@ value on the interrupting signal. .Sh RETURN VALUES If the .Fn nanosleep -function returns because the requested time has elapsed, the value +system call returns because the requested time has elapsed, the value returned will be zero. .Pp If the .Fn nanosleep -function returns due to the delivery of a signal, the value returned +system call returns due to the delivery of a signal, the value returned will be the -1, and the global variable .Va errno will be set to indicate the interruption. If .Fa rmtp is -.Pf non- Dv NULL , +.No non- Ns Dv NULL , the timespec structure it references is updated to contain the unslept amount (the request time minus the time actually slept). .Sh ERRORS The .Fn nanosleep -call fails if: +system call fails if: .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er EFAULT Either @@ -84,14 +86,18 @@ or points to memory that is not a valid part of the process address space. .It Bq Er EINTR +The .Fn nanosleep +system call was interrupted by the delivery of a signal. .It Bq Er EINVAL .Fa rqtp specified a nanosecond value less than zero or greater than or equal to 1000 million. .It Bq Er ENOSYS +The .Fn nanosleep +system call is not supported by this implementation. .El .Sh SEE ALSO @@ -100,5 +106,5 @@ is not supported by this implementation. .Sh STANDARDS The .Fn nanosleep -function conforms to +system call conforms to .St -p1003.1b-93 . |
