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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2007-06-08 09:56:56 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2007-06-08 09:56:56 +0000 |
| commit | d9bfdb9c217823eec9258ab215c4b39851687c3c (patch) | |
| tree | a81e59d01da2d46d259afdf639481357662e1378 /man3/siginterrupt.3 | |
| parent | 21be2ec1f86e8ea39abd65dec35ab8fb0a2538a6 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-d9bfdb9c217823eec9258ab215c4b39851687c3c.tar.gz | |
Convert to American spelling conventions
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man3/siginterrupt.3 b/man3/siginterrupt.3 index a62d9ee99b..498942bdc2 100644 --- a/man3/siginterrupt.3 +++ b/man3/siginterrupt.3 @@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ siginterrupt \- allow signals to interrupt system calls .SH DESCRIPTION The .BR siginterrupt () -function changes the restart behaviour when +function changes the restart behavior when a system call is interrupted by the signal \fIsig\fP. If the \fIflag\fP argument is false (0), then system calls will be restarted if interrupted by the specified signal \fIsig\fP. -This is the default behaviour in Linux. +This is the default behavior in Linux. However, when a new signal handler is specified with the .BR signal (2) function, the system call is interrupted by default. |