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posix_fallocate.3, prctl.2, sigaction.2, sysconf.3, tzset.3: minor rewording

PATCH Applied Seonghun Lim 2 participants 2 messages Aug 31, 2011 – Sep 8, 2011 1 message not in the archive Man-pages: manual pages for Linux -- Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7

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PATCH 1/1 posix_fallocate.3, prctl.2, sigaction.2, sysconf.3, tzset.3: minor rewording

man-pages version: latest git repository
why: Clarify description by rewording. Fix some typos.

man3/posix_fallocate.3 +0 -0
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ referred to by

.TP
.B ESPIPE
.I fd
-refers to a pipe of file descriptor.
+refers to a pipe.
.SH VERSIONS
.BR posix_fallocate ()
is available since glibc 2.1.94.

man2/prctl.2 +0 -0
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ in the location pointed to by

.TP
.BR PR_SET_FPEXC " (since Linux 2.4.21, 2.5.32, only on PowerPC)" Set floating-point exception mode to \fIarg2\fP.
-Pass \fBPR_FP_EXC_SW_ENABLE\fP to use FPEXC for FP exception enables, +Pass \fBPR_FP_EXC_SW_ENABLE\fP to use FPEXC for FP exception enabled, \fBPR_FP_EXC_DIV\fP for floating-point divide by zero, \fBPR_FP_EXC_OVF\fP for floating-point overflow, \fBPR_FP_EXC_UND\fP for floating-point underflow,

man2/sigaction.2 +0 -0
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ In addition, signals sent with

.BR sigqueue (2)
fill in
.IR si_int " and " si_ptr
-with the values specified by the sender the signal; +with the values specified by the sender of the signal; see
.BR sigqueue (2)
for more details.

man3/sysconf.3 +0 -0
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ parentheses by

.BR expr (1).
.TP
.BR LINE_MAX " - " _SC_LINE_MAX
-The maximum length of a utility's input line length, either from +The maximum length of a utility's input line, either from standard input or from a file.
This includes length for a trailing
newline.

man3/tzset.3 +0 -0
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ runs from the first Sunday in October to the third

Sunday in March,
and the changeovers happen at the default time of 02:00:00:
.nf

- TZ="NZST-12.00:00NZDT-13:00:00,M10.1.0,M3.3.0"
+ TZ="NZST-12:00:00NZDT-13:00:00,M10.1.0,M3.3.0"
.fi
.PP
The third format specifies that the timezone information should be read

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Hello Seonghun,

Thanks for these reports. Best to split patches for unrelated pages.

2011/8/31 Seonghun Lim <[email protected]>:

man3/posix_fallocate.3

Quoted 13 lines

man-pages version: latest git repository
why: Clarify description by rewording. Fix some typos.

man3/posix_fallocate.3 +0 -0
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ referred to by

.TP
.B ESPIPE
.I fd

man3/posix_fallocate.3 +1 -1
-refers to a pipe of file descriptor.
+refers to a pipe.

Applied.

man2/prctl.2

Quoted 12 lines

.SH VERSIONS
.BR posix_fallocate ()
is available since glibc 2.1.94.

man2/prctl.2 +0 -0
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ in the location pointed to by

.TP
.BR PR_SET_FPEXC " (since Linux 2.4.21, 2.5.32, only on PowerPC)" Set floating-point exception mode to \fIarg2\fP.

man2/prctl.2 +1 -1
-Pass \fBPR_FP_EXC_SW_ENABLE\fP to use FPEXC for FP exception enables,
+Pass \fBPR_FP_EXC_SW_ENABLE\fP to use FPEXC for FP exception enabled,

I believe the existing text is correct (consistent with kernel comment). No change.

man2/sigaction.2

Quoted 12 lines

\fBPR_FP_EXC_DIV\fP for floating-point divide by zero, \fBPR_FP_EXC_OVF\fP for floating-point overflow, \fBPR_FP_EXC_UND\fP for floating-point underflow,

man2/sigaction.2 +0 -0
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ In addition, signals sent with
 .BR sigqueue (2)

fill in
.IR si_int " and " si_ptr

man2/sigaction.2 +1 -1
-with the values specified by the sender the signal;
+with the values specified by the sender of the signal;

Applied.

man3/sysconf.3

Quoted 12 lines

see
.BR sigqueue (2)
for more details.

man3/sysconf.3 +0 -0
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ parentheses by

.BR expr (1).
.TP
.BR LINE_MAX " - " _SC_LINE_MAX

man3/sysconf.3 +1 -1
-The maximum length of a utility's input line length, either from
+The maximum length of a utility's input line, either from

Applied.

Quoted 11 lines

standard input or from a file. This includes length for a trailing newline.

man3/tzset.3 +0 -0
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ runs from the first Sunday in October to the third
 Sunday in March,

and the changeovers happen at the default time of 02:00:00:
.nf

Quoted 2 lines

- TZ="NZST-12.00:00NZDT-13:00:00,M10.1.0,M3.3.0"
+ TZ="NZST-12:00:00NZDT-13:00:00,M10.1.0,M3.3.0"

Applied.

Quoted 3 lines

.fi
.PP
The third format specifies that the timezone information should be read

Thanks!

Michael

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Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
Author of "The Linux Programming Interface"; http://man7.org/tlpi/
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