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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, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/pipe.2 b/lib/libc/sys/pipe.2
index 8372978..10c33b8 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/pipe.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/pipe.2
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn pipe
-function
+system call
creates a
.Em pipe ,
which is an object allowing
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ pipe in one direction.
.Sh ERRORS
The
.Fn pipe
-call will fail if:
+system call will fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EMFILE
Too many descriptors are active.
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ space.
.Xr socketpair 2 ,
.Xr write 2
.Sh HISTORY
-A
+The
.Fn pipe
-function call appeared in
+function appeared in
.At v3 .
.Pp
Bidirectional pipes were first used on
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