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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/ptrace.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/ptrace.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2 | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2 b/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2 index 7b08791..298de96 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2 @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ .Ft int .Fn ptrace "int request" "pid_t pid" "caddr_t addr" "int data" .Sh DESCRIPTION +The .Fn ptrace +system call provides tracing and debugging facilities. It allows one process (the @@ -37,7 +39,9 @@ or the delivery of a .Dv SIGCHLD signal, examine the state of the stopped process, and cause it to terminate or continue as appropriate. +The .Fn ptrace +system call is the mechanism by which all this happens. .Pp The @@ -252,7 +256,7 @@ can be set to 0 before the call and checked afterwards. .Sh ERRORS The .Fn ptrace -function may fail if: +system call may fail if: .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er ESRCH .Bl -bullet -compact @@ -324,7 +328,7 @@ above. .Xr i386_clr_watch 3 , .Xr i386_set_watch 3 .Sh HISTORY -A +The .Fn ptrace -function call appeared in +function appeared in .At v7 . |
