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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2008-03-19 07:09:48 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2008-03-19 07:09:48 +0000 |
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@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Justin Pryzby <justinpryzby@users.sourceforge.net> Marty Leisner <leisner@rochester.rr.com> Thomas Huriaux <thomas.huriaux@gmail.com> +Tim Stoakes <tim@stoakes.net> Tolga Dalman <tdalman@project-psi.org> Apologies if I missed anyone! @@ -36,6 +37,22 @@ packet.7 mtk Replace "(il)legal" by "permitted" or "valid". +read.2 +utime.2 +filesystems.5 +packet.7 + mtk + s/time stamp/timestamp/, for consistency with majority use + in other pages, and in POSIX.1. + +Various pages + mtk + Various pages that I wrote carried a slightly modified version + of the "verbatim" license. In the interests of minimizing + lincense proliferation, I've reverted the modified form + so that the license is exactly the same as on other pages + carrying the verbatim license. + Typographical or grammatical errors have been corrected in several places. @@ -49,20 +66,91 @@ random_r.3 random(3), srandom(3), initstate(3), and setstate(3). +New links +--------- + +lutimes.3 + mtk + Link to futimes.3. + +initstate_r.3 +setstate_r.3 +srandom_r.3 + mtk + Links to random_r.3. + +daylight.3 +timezone.3 +tzname.3 + mtk + Links to tzset.3. + +isnanf.3 +isnanl.3 + mtk + Links to finite.3. + +encrypt_r.3 +setkey_r.3 + mtk + Links to encrypt.3. + + Changes to individual pages --------------------------- +epoll_ctl.2 + mtk + Added portability note to BUGS text for EPOLL_CTL_DEL. + +mount.2 + mtk + Minor wording change. + sched_setscheduler.2 mtk, with input from Ingo Molnar Add description of SCHED_IDLE policy (new in 2.6.23). Tweak description of SCHED_BATCH. setpriority.2 - mtk, after a note from Info Molnar + mtk, after a note from Ingo Molnar Add text in NOTES about the punchier effect of nice values in kernel 2.6.23 and later. Add Documentation/scheduler/sched-nice-design.txt to SEE ALSO list. +stat.2 + mtk + Minor wording change. + +utime.2 + mtk + Change description in NAME line ("or" is not correct: these calls + always change *both* timestamps). + +futimes.3 + mtk + Add documentation of lutimes(), which appeared in glibc 2.6. + mtk + Change description in NAME line ("or" is not correct: these calls + always change *both* timestamps). + futimes() did not come from 4.2BSD. (It came from FreeBSD; see + the FreeBSD man page.) +getenv.3 + mtk + Noted that caller must not modify returned value string. + Noted that getenv() is not reentrant: the buffer may be statically + allocated and overwritten by later calls to getenv(), putenv(), + setenv(), or unsettenv(). + Other minor rewrites. + +gethostbyname.3 + mtk + Add 'h_errno' to NAME list. + +getopt.3 + mtk + Add 'optarg', 'optind', 'opterr', and 'optopt' to NAME section. + mq_open.3 mtk, after a note by Marty Leisner Note that <fcntl.h> is needed for O_* constants and <sys/stat.h> is @@ -100,63 +188,18 @@ sem_wait.3 Add text to SYNOPSIS noting the need to link with "-lrt" or "-pthread". +setenv.3 + mtk + setenv() copies 'name' and 'value' (contrat with putenv()). + unsetenv() of a nonexistent variable does nothing and is + considered successful. + Noted that setenv() and unsetenv() need not be reentrant. + shm_open.3 mtk, after a note by Marty Leisner Note that <fcntl.h> is needed for O_* constants and <sys/stat.h> is needed for 'mode' constants. -rand.3 - Tolga Dalman / aeb / mtk - Remove outdated warning in NOTES; encourage the use of - random(3) instead. - -random.3 - aeb / mtk / Tolga Dalman - Recommend use or random_r(3) for multithreaded applications - that need independent, reproducible sequences of random numbers. - - Move references to "The Art of Computer Programming" and - "Numerical Recipes", formerly in rand(3), to this page. - - Add drand48(93) to SEE ALSO list. - -sem_close.3 -sem_destroy.3 -sem_getvalue.3 -sem_init.3 -sem_open.3 -sem_post.3 -sem_unlink.3 -sem_wait.3 - mtk, after a note from Marty Leisner - Add text to SYNOPSIS noting the need to link with "-lrt" or - "-pthread". - -shm_open.3 - -rand.3 - Tolga Dalman / aeb / mtk - Remove outdated warning in NOTES; encourage the use of - random(3) instead. - -random.3 - aeb / mtk / Tolga Dalman - Recommend use or random_r(3) for multithreaded applications - that need independent, reproducible sequences of random numbers. - - Move references to "The Art of Computer Programming" and - "Numerical Recipes", formerly in rand(3), to this page. - - Add drand48(93) to SEE ALSO list. - -sem_close.3 -sem_destroy.3 -sem_getvalue.3 -sem_init.3 -sem_open.3 -sem_post.3 -sem_unlink.3 -sem_wait.3 - mtk, after a note from Marty Leisner - Add text to SYNOPSIS noting the need to link with "-lrt" or - "-pthread". +undocumented.3 + mtk + initstate_r(3), setkey_r(3), setstate_r(3) are now documented. |