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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/readlink.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/readlink.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/readlink.2 | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/readlink.2 b/lib/libc/sys/readlink.2 index fd97e1d..57ed4e6 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/readlink.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/readlink.2 @@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ .Ft int .Fn readlink "const char *path" "char *buf" "int bufsiz" .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Fn Readlink +The +.Fn readlink +system call places the contents of the symbolic link .Fa path in the buffer @@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ which has size .Fa bufsiz . The .Fn readlink -function does not append a +system call does not append a .Dv NUL character to .Fa buf . @@ -64,7 +66,9 @@ if it succeeds, or a -1 if an error occurs, placing the error code in the global variable .Va errno . .Sh ERRORS -.Fn Readlink +The +.Fn readlink +system call will fail if: .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er ENOTDIR @@ -94,5 +98,5 @@ extends outside the process's allocated address space. .Sh HISTORY The .Fn readlink -function call appeared in +system call appeared in .Bx 4.2 . |
