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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2008-03-19 08:46:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2008-03-19 08:46:32 +0000 |
| commit | cf50118f4879883d26a589d3d5ed457c77bf48c9 (patch) | |
| tree | 545d2347e41e0ff2f7ec77b0136c10231933d4da /man3/sysconf.3 | |
| parent | 29aceda46ea8e22dd08506f9961460420e9a1835 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-cf50118f4879883d26a589d3d5ed457c77bf48c9.tar.gz | |
Use "run time" when non-attributive, "run-time" when attributive.
Diffstat (limited to 'man3/sysconf.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | man3/sysconf.3 | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man3/sysconf.3 b/man3/sysconf.3 index d0c454e1d7..8af37dd1fc 100644 --- a/man3/sysconf.3 +++ b/man3/sysconf.3 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ sysconf \- Get configuration information at runtime .BI "long sysconf(int " "name" ); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION -POSIX allows an application to test at compile- or run-time +POSIX allows an application to test at compile or run time whether certain options are supported, or what the value is of certain configurable constants or limits. .LP @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ For options, typically, there is a constant .B _POSIX_FOO that may be defined in .IR <unistd.h> . -If it is undefined, one should ask at run-time. +If it is undefined, one should ask at run time. If it is defined to \-1, then the option is not supported. If it is defined to 0, then relevant functions and headers exist, but one has to ask at runtime what degree of support is available. |