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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2008-04-18 15:52:17 +0000
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2008-04-18 15:52:17 +0000
commit407252794ea56f184455cd9e8013504ea64c35dc (patch)
tree3b039b3cd281e0e90757f47634afce843af8e1a4
parentb6e956c0bd96c93d939e7f75c174c4c620956012 (diff)
downloadman-pages-407252794ea56f184455cd9e8013504ea64c35dc.tar.gz
Batch wfix/ffix
-rw-r--r--man2/arch_prctl.24
-rw-r--r--man2/connect.22
-rw-r--r--man2/eventfd.23
-rw-r--r--man2/msgop.22
-rw-r--r--man3/cexp.32
-rw-r--r--man3/cfree.32
-rw-r--r--man3/fpathconf.34
-rw-r--r--man4/sk98lin.43
-rw-r--r--man7/epoll.72
9 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/man2/arch_prctl.2 b/man2/arch_prctl.2
index d15ddeab66..94c45e23b6 100644
--- a/man2/arch_prctl.2
+++ b/man2/arch_prctl.2
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Return the 64-bit base value for the
.I FS
register of the current thread in the
.I unsigned long
-pointed to
+pointed to by
.IR addr .
.TP
.B ARCH_SET_GS
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Return the 64-bit base value for the
.I GS
register of the current thread in the
.I unsigned long
-pointed to
+pointed to by
.IR addr .
.SH RETURN VALUE
On success,
diff --git a/man2/connect.2 b/man2/connect.2
index f63d7de406..b424068b85 100644
--- a/man2/connect.2
+++ b/man2/connect.2
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ member of
.I sockaddr
set to
.BR AF_UNSPEC
-(supported since on Linux since kernel 2.2).
+(supported on Linux since kernel 2.2).
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
If the connection or binding succeeds, zero is returned.
On error, \-1 is returned, and
diff --git a/man2/eventfd.2 b/man2/eventfd.2
index 6c9152b6a9..67b9407bcc 100644
--- a/man2/eventfd.2
+++ b/man2/eventfd.2
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ On error, \-1 is returned and
.I errno
is set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
-.TP EINVAL
+.TP
+.B EINVAL
.I flags
is non-zero.
.\" Eventually glibc may support some flags
diff --git a/man2/msgop.2 b/man2/msgop.2
index 13fc893ece..402064d250 100644
--- a/man2/msgop.2
+++ b/man2/msgop.2
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ The system call
removes a message from the queue specified by
.I msqid
and places it in the buffer
-pointed to
+pointed to by
.IR msgp .
.PP
The argument
diff --git a/man3/cexp.3 b/man3/cexp.3
index 013a6d4d38..ac6046a58b 100644
--- a/man3/cexp.3
+++ b/man3/cexp.3
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Link with \fI\-lm\fP.
.SH DESCRIPTION
The function calculates e (2.71828..., the base of natural logarithms)
raised to the power of
-.BR z .
+.IR z .
.LP
One has:
.nf
diff --git a/man3/cfree.3 b/man3/cfree.3
index 64b069f064..4c843c5bf5 100644
--- a/man3/cfree.3
+++ b/man3/cfree.3
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ A frequently asked question is "Can I use
to free memory allocated with
.BR calloc (3),
or do I need
-.BR cfree ()?
+.BR cfree ()?"
Answer: use
.BR free (3).
.LP
diff --git a/man3/fpathconf.3 b/man3/fpathconf.3
index 3a18b89db9..f758fb9296 100644
--- a/man3/fpathconf.3
+++ b/man3/fpathconf.3
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ The corresponding macro is
returns the maximum length of a filename in the directory
.I path
or
-.IR fd .
-the process is allowed to create.
+.IR fd
+that the process is allowed to create.
The corresponding macro is
.BR _POSIX_NAME_MAX .
.TP
diff --git a/man4/sk98lin.4 b/man4/sk98lin.4
index f0a14893d8..e5f826b73f 100644
--- a/man4/sk98lin.4
+++ b/man4/sk98lin.4
@@ -560,7 +560,8 @@ configured to use the Spanning Tree protocol.
.I DualNet
In this mode, ports A and B are used as separate devices.
If you have a dual port adapter, port A will be configured as
-.IR eth[x] and port B as
+.IR eth[x]
+and port B as
.IR eth[x+1] .
Both ports can be used independently with distinct IP addresses.
The preferred port setting is not used.
diff --git a/man7/epoll.7 b/man7/epoll.7
index ff796ad745..c0b583b92c 100644
--- a/man7/epoll.7
+++ b/man7/epoll.7
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ A file descriptor is removed from an
.B epoll
set only after all the file descriptors referring to the underlying
open file description have been closed
-(or after if the descriptor is explicitly removed using
+(or before if the descriptor is explicitly removed using
.BR epoll_ctl ()
.BR EPOLL_CTL_DEL ).
This means that even after a file descriptor that is part of an