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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/syscall.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/syscall.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/syscall.2 | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/syscall.2 b/lib/libc/sys/syscall.2 index 5ecbf8b..10109ce 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/syscall.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/syscall.2 @@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ .Ft off_t .Fn __syscall "quad_t number" ... .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Fn Syscall +The +.Fn syscall +function performs the system call whose assembly language interface has the specified .Fa number @@ -75,5 +77,5 @@ such as .Sh HISTORY The .Fn syscall -function call appeared in +function appeared in .Bx 4.0 . |
