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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2014-01-01 16:15:14 +1300
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2014-01-02 11:49:16 +1300
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eventfd.2, set_mempolicy.2, timerfd_create.2, fwide.3, resolver.3, spufs.7, symlink.7, udplite.7, unicode.7: Replace uses of "i.e.," in main text with "that is" or similar
Usual man-pages style is to use "i.e." only within parenthetical expressions. Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ then the buffer given to
returns an unsigned 8-byte integer
.RI ( uint64_t )
containing the number of expirations that have occurred.
-(The returned value is in host byte order,
-i.e., the native byte order for integers on the host machine.)
+(The returned value is in host byte order\(emthat is,
+the native byte order for integers on the host machine.)
.IP
If no timer expirations have occurred at the time of the
.BR read (2),