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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2008-06-12 11:51:54 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2008-06-12 11:51:54 +0000 |
| commit | 7041cdc1b1e5c1f35d6255b37f69e6f7274a8031 (patch) | |
| tree | 8f5229da1a39ec9ada0c0582d1e49bb4da063139 | |
| parent | 905c9e1c05dd54a9d6c448ff2ade12d3b6223e06 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-7041cdc1b1e5c1f35d6255b37f69e6f7274a8031.tar.gz | |
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@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ acct.5 hostname.7 mtk - A description og hostnames. + A description og hostnames. Taken from FreeBSD 6.2, and lightly edited for man-pages style. symlink.7 mtk Taken from FreeBSD 6.2, but heavily edited for Linux details, - improved readability, and man-pages style. + improved readability, and man-pages style. Newly documented interfaces in existing pages @@ -55,38 +55,38 @@ mkstemp.3 core.5 mtk, after a note by Petr Gajdos; review by Neil Horman Document core_pattern pipe syntax, which appeared in - kernel 2.6.19. - Add an example program demonstrating use of core_pattern - pipe syntax. + kernel 2.6.19. + Add an example program demonstrating use of core_pattern + pipe syntax. mtk Document /proc/PID/coredump_filter, new in kernel 2.6.23. - Documentation was based on the text in - Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt, plus testing, and - reading the kernel source. + Documentation was based on the text in + Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt, plus testing, and + reading the kernel source. proc.5 mtk Document /proc/PID/oom_score, which was new in kernel 2.6.11. - This file displays the "badness" score of the process, which - provides the basis for OOM-killer decisions. + This file displays the "badness" score of the process, which + provides the basis for OOM-killer decisions. mtk Document /proc/PID/oom_adj, which was new in kernel 2.6.11. - This file influences the oom_score of a process. + This file influences the oom_score of a process. mtk Document /proc/PID/limits, which was new in 2.6.24. - This file displays a process's resource limits. + This file displays a process's resource limits. mtk Document /proc/PID/fdinfo/*, which was new in 2.6.22. These files display info about each descriptor opened by the - process: the current file offset, and the file access mode + - file status flags as set in open() or fcntl(F_SETFL). + process: the current file offset, and the file access mode + + file status flags as set in open() or fcntl(F_SETFL). mtk Document /proc/PID/mountinfo, which was new in 2.6.26. - This file displays information about mount points. - Closely based on text from Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt. + This file displays information about mount points. + Closely based on text from Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt. mtk Document /proc/PID/mountstats, which was new in 2.6.17. - This file displays statistics about mount points. + This file displays statistics about mount points. New links @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ mkostemp.3 getcwd.2 mtk Link to getcwd.3, which describes several interfaces, among - them getcwd(), which is in fact a system call. + them getcwd(), which is in fact a system call. Global changes -------------- @@ -166,64 +166,64 @@ Changes to individual pages acct.2 mtk Add a few more words to DESCRIPTION. - NOTES: Add pointer to acct(5). + NOTES: Add pointer to acct(5). alarm.2 Alain Portal s/process/calling process/ so as to that the alarm signal is - delivered to the calling process. + delivered to the calling process. brk.2 Yao Zhao / mtk Clarify discussion of return value of sbrk(). mtk DESCRIPTION: Add some sentences giving an overview of these - interfaces. + interfaces. Add note recommending use of malloc(3). - Change name of brk() argument to the simpler 'addr'. - Add "(void *)" cast to "-1" for error return of sbrk(). - Removed some incorrect text about "brk(0)". - Note that SUSv2 specified the return value of sbrk(). - Added a detail on the glibc brk() wrapper. - Remove discussions of standards old (C89 and POSIX.1-1990); - CONFORMING TO already discusses the situation with respect - to more recent standards. + Change name of brk() argument to the simpler 'addr'. + Add "(void *)" cast to "-1" for error return of sbrk(). + Removed some incorrect text about "brk(0)". + Note that SUSv2 specified the return value of sbrk(). + Added a detail on the glibc brk() wrapper. + Remove discussions of standards old (C89 and POSIX.1-1990); + CONFORMING TO already discusses the situation with respect + to more recent standards. chmod.2 mtk Clarify description of chmod() and fchmod(). - Add further detail on S_ISUID, S_ISGID, and S_ISVTX permissions. - Reformat list of permissions bits. + Add further detail on S_ISUID, S_ISGID, and S_ISVTX permissions. + Reformat list of permissions bits. chown.2 mtk Describe rules governing ownership of new files (bsdgroups - versus sysvgroups, and the effect of the parent directory's - set-group-ID permission bit). + versus sysvgroups, and the effect of the parent directory's + set-group-ID permission bit). chroot.2 Alain Portal Clarify description a little. - s/changes the root directory/ - changes the root directory of the calling process/ + s/changes the root directory/ + changes the root directory of the calling process/ execve.2 mtk Fix text that warns against use of NULL argv and envp. - Using a NULL envp does in fact seem to be portable (works + Using a NULL envp does in fact seem to be portable (works on Solaris and FreeBSD), but the Linux semantics for a NULL - argv certainly aren't consistent with other implementations. - See http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8408. + argv certainly aren't consistent with other implementations. + See http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8408. mknod.2 mtk Note that EEXIST applies, even if the pathname is a - (possibly dangling) symbolic link. + (possibly dangling) symbolic link. open.2 mtk, after a note from Christoph Hellwig NOTES: Note that access mode flags are not single bits, - and document the Linuxism "access mode 3". + and document the Linuxism "access mode 3". See also http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/653123. sched_setscheduler.2 @@ -231,13 +231,13 @@ sched_setscheduler.2 Add pointer to discussion of RLIMIT_RTTIME in getrlimit.2. mtk, after a note by Andrew Clayton Rewrote and restructured various parts of the page for greater - clarity. + clarity. dprintf.3 mtk Note that these functions are included in the next POSIX revision. - Remove editorial discussion about what the functions should have - been named. + Remove editorial discussion about what the functions should have + been named. getaddrinfo.3 mtk @@ -246,15 +246,15 @@ getaddrinfo.3 getmntent.3 mtk, after Stuart Cunningham pointed out the typo Remove statement that LSB deprecates the functions - "endmntent(), setmntent() [sic] and setmntent()". - This doesn't seem to be true (I can't find mention of - deprecation in any of the LSB specs). Rather, LSB simply - doesn't specify these functions. (LSB 1.3 had a spec of - setmntent(), but not getmntent() or endmntent(), and noted - that having a spec of setmntent() was of little use without - also having a spec of getmntent().) - See also https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/\ - lsb-discuss/2006-October/003078.html + "endmntent(), setmntent() [sic] and setmntent()". + This doesn't seem to be true (I can't find mention of + deprecation in any of the LSB specs). Rather, LSB simply + doesn't specify these functions. (LSB 1.3 had a spec of + setmntent(), but not getmntent() or endmntent(), and noted + that having a spec of setmntent() was of little use without + also having a spec of getmntent().) + See also https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/\ + lsb-discuss/2006-October/003078.html getnameinfo.3 mtk @@ -263,14 +263,14 @@ getnameinfo.3 mkfifo.3 mtk Note that EEXIST applies, even if the pathname is a - (possibly dangling) symbolic link. + (possibly dangling) symbolic link. mkstemp.3 mtk - Fix discussion of O_EXCL flag. + Fix discussion of O_EXCL flag. These functions may also fail for any of the errors described - in open(2). - Various other rewordings. + in open(2). + Various other rewordings. remainder.3 mtk @@ -279,19 +279,19 @@ remainder.3 man-pages.7 mtk Enhanced description of VERSIONS section. - + mq_overview.7 mtk Note that Linux does not currently support ACLs for POSIX - message queues. + message queues. sem_overview.7 mtk Note that Linux supports ACLs on POSIX named semaphores - since 2.6.19. + since 2.6.19. unix.7 mtk, after a note by Samuel Thibault Provide a clear description of the three types of address that - can appear in the sockaddr_un structure: pathname, unnamed, - and abstract. + can appear in the sockaddr_un structure: pathname, unnamed, + and abstract. |