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-rw-r--r--man3/bindresvport.32
-rw-r--r--man3/ctime.32
-rw-r--r--man3/dirfd.32
-rw-r--r--man3/duplocale.32
-rw-r--r--man3/fpathconf.32
-rw-r--r--man3/get_phys_pages.32
-rw-r--r--man3/getlogin.32
-rw-r--r--man3/getspnam.32
-rw-r--r--man3/hsearch.34
-rw-r--r--man3/inet_net_pton.34
-rw-r--r--man3/newlocale.32
-rw-r--r--man3/posix_memalign.32
-rw-r--r--man3/pthread_mutex_consistent.32
-rw-r--r--man3/random.32
-rw-r--r--man3/random_r.32
-rw-r--r--man3/scandir.32
-rw-r--r--man3/setenv.32
-rw-r--r--man3/shm_open.32
-rw-r--r--man3/siginterrupt.32
-rw-r--r--man3/sigsetops.32
-rw-r--r--man3/strdup.32
-rw-r--r--man3/sysconf.32
-rw-r--r--man3/tempnam.32
-rw-r--r--man3/timegm.32
-rw-r--r--man3/uselocale.32
-rw-r--r--man3/usleep.32
-rw-r--r--man3/wcsdup.32
27 files changed, 29 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/man3/bindresvport.3 b/man3/bindresvport.3
index 9bcecd047a..805a784cd5 100644
--- a/man3/bindresvport.3
+++ b/man3/bindresvport.3
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ has no way to return the port number actually allocated.
.BR bindresvport ()
returns 0 on success; otherwise \-1 is returned and
.I errno
-set to indicate the cause of the error.
+is set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.BR bindresvport ()
can fail for any of the same reasons as
diff --git a/man3/ctime.3 b/man3/ctime.3
index b06640a610..3aeb1c6920 100644
--- a/man3/ctime.3
+++ b/man3/ctime.3
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ returns the value
The remaining functions return NULL on error.
On error,
.I errno
-is set to indicate the cause of the error.
+is set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EOVERFLOW
diff --git a/man3/dirfd.3 b/man3/dirfd.3
index e38831ba0c..7a9ad353fe 100644
--- a/man3/dirfd.3
+++ b/man3/dirfd.3
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ On success,
returns a file descriptor (a nonnegative integer).
On error, \-1 is returned, and
.I errno
-is set to indicate the cause of the error.
+is set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
POSIX.1-2008 specifies two errors,
neither of which is returned by the current
diff --git a/man3/duplocale.3 b/man3/duplocale.3
index 751ab5bf52..bf473c28ad 100644
--- a/man3/duplocale.3
+++ b/man3/duplocale.3
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ On error, it returns
.IR "(locale_t)\ 0",
and sets
.I errno
-to indicate the cause of the error.
+to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B ENOMEM
diff --git a/man3/fpathconf.3 b/man3/fpathconf.3
index 7cca6f256f..e51d0643ca 100644
--- a/man3/fpathconf.3
+++ b/man3/fpathconf.3
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ The return value of these functions is one of the following:
.IP * 3
On error, \-1 is returned and
.I errno
-is set to indicate the cause of the error
+is set to indicate the error
(for example,
.BR EINVAL ,
indicating that
diff --git a/man3/get_phys_pages.3 b/man3/get_phys_pages.3
index 72bdae72c0..55935128f9 100644
--- a/man3/get_phys_pages.3
+++ b/man3/get_phys_pages.3
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ On success,
these functions return a nonnegative value as given in DESCRIPTION.
On failure, they return \-1 and set
.I errno
-to indicate the cause of the error.
+to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B ENOSYS
diff --git a/man3/getlogin.3 b/man3/getlogin.3
index cebb2232d1..f3d4e01a2d 100644
--- a/man3/getlogin.3
+++ b/man3/getlogin.3
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ precisely because the user can set \fBLOGNAME\fP arbitrarily.
returns a pointer to the username when successful,
and NULL on failure, with
.I errno
-set to indicate the cause of the error.
+set to indicate the error.
.BR getlogin_r ()
returns 0 when successful, and nonzero on failure.
.SH ERRORS
diff --git a/man3/getspnam.3 b/man3/getspnam.3
index d7d781c768..a92627fc41 100644
--- a/man3/getspnam.3
+++ b/man3/getspnam.3
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ are available or if an error occurs during processing.
The functions which have \fIint\fP as the return value return 0 for
success and \-1 for failure, with
.I errno
-set to indicate the cause of the error.
+set to indicate the error.
.PP
For the nonreentrant functions, the return value may point to static area,
and may be overwritten by subsequent calls to these functions.
diff --git a/man3/hsearch.3 b/man3/hsearch.3
index a4d1a6422d..a2b00af215 100644
--- a/man3/hsearch.3
+++ b/man3/hsearch.3
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ and
return nonzero on success.
They return 0 on error, with
.I errno
-set to indicate the cause of the error.
+set to indicate the error.
.PP
On success,
.BR hsearch ()
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ cannot be found in the hash table.
returns nonzero on success, and 0 on error.
In the event of an error, these two functions set
.I errno
-to indicate the cause of the error.
+to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.BR hcreate_r ()
and
diff --git a/man3/inet_net_pton.3 b/man3/inet_net_pton.3
index 94329ff8b7..4c16ea6fe4 100644
--- a/man3/inet_net_pton.3
+++ b/man3/inet_net_pton.3
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ On success,
returns the number of bits in the network number.
On error, it returns \-1, and
.I errno
-is set to indicate the cause of the error.
+is set to indicate the error.
.PP
On success,
.BR inet_net_ntop ()
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ returns
.IR pres .
On error, it returns NULL, and
.I errno
-is set to indicate the cause of the error.
+is set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EAFNOSUPPORT
diff --git a/man3/newlocale.3 b/man3/newlocale.3
index 82f651911f..d95c14ba9a 100644
--- a/man3/newlocale.3
+++ b/man3/newlocale.3
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ returns
.IR "(locale_t)\ 0",
and sets
.I errno
-to indicate the cause of the error.
+to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EINVAL
diff --git a/man3/posix_memalign.3 b/man3/posix_memalign.3
index a7d5d185b0..d063f8932f 100644
--- a/man3/posix_memalign.3
+++ b/man3/posix_memalign.3
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ and
.BR pvalloc ()
return a pointer to the allocated memory on success.
On error, NULL is returned, and \fIerrno\fP is set
-to indicate the cause of the error.
+to indicate the error.
.PP
.BR posix_memalign ()
returns zero on success, or one of the error values listed in the
diff --git a/man3/pthread_mutex_consistent.3 b/man3/pthread_mutex_consistent.3
index 2e56e44e0e..13a2163120 100644
--- a/man3/pthread_mutex_consistent.3
+++ b/man3/pthread_mutex_consistent.3
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ On success,
.IR pthread_mutex_consistent ()
returns 0.
Otherwise,
-it returns a positive error number to indicate the cause of the error.
+it returns a positive error number to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EINVAL
diff --git a/man3/random.3 b/man3/random.3
index d77a9b200c..639e9a18c6 100644
--- a/man3/random.3
+++ b/man3/random.3
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ On success,
returns a pointer to the previous state array.
On error, it returns NULL, with
.I errno
-set to indicate the cause of the error.
+set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EINVAL
diff --git a/man3/random_r.3 b/man3/random_r.3
index 7be96e59dc..5363e5e781 100644
--- a/man3/random_r.3
+++ b/man3/random_r.3
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ or be the result of a previous call of
All of these functions return 0 on success.
On error, \-1 is returned, with
.I errno
-set to indicate the cause of the error.
+set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EINVAL
diff --git a/man3/scandir.3 b/man3/scandir.3
index 8a11720d55..328c70f690 100644
--- a/man3/scandir.3
+++ b/man3/scandir.3
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ function returns the number of directory entries
selected.
On error, \-1 is returned, with
.I errno
-set to indicate the cause of the error.
+set to indicate the error.
.PP
The
.BR alphasort ()
diff --git a/man3/setenv.3 b/man3/setenv.3
index 40f15d1e42..2d61cda6de 100644
--- a/man3/setenv.3
+++ b/man3/setenv.3
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ and
functions return zero on success,
or \-1 on error, with
.I errno
-set to indicate the cause of the error.
+set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EINVAL
diff --git a/man3/shm_open.3 b/man3/shm_open.3
index 7f18dc1587..580e03cf6c 100644
--- a/man3/shm_open.3
+++ b/man3/shm_open.3
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ returns 0 on success, or \-1 on error.
.SH ERRORS
On failure,
.I errno
-is set to indicate the cause of the error.
+is set to indicate the error.
Values which may appear in
.I errno
include the following:
diff --git a/man3/siginterrupt.3 b/man3/siginterrupt.3
index 79b7c153b5..bd4bb36614 100644
--- a/man3/siginterrupt.3
+++ b/man3/siginterrupt.3
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ signal number
.I sig
is invalid, with
.I errno
-set to indicate the cause of the error.
+set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EINVAL
diff --git a/man3/sigsetops.3 b/man3/sigsetops.3
index 6f3389029e..4c0af1e2af 100644
--- a/man3/sigsetops.3
+++ b/man3/sigsetops.3
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ is not a member, and \-1 on error.
.PP
On error, these functions set
.I errno
-to indicate the cause of the error.
+to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EINVAL
diff --git a/man3/strdup.3 b/man3/strdup.3
index 8900a26d75..65ee22df91 100644
--- a/man3/strdup.3
+++ b/man3/strdup.3
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ function returns a pointer to the duplicated
string.
It returns NULL if insufficient memory was available, with
.I errno
-set to indicate the cause of the error.
+set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B ENOMEM
diff --git a/man3/sysconf.3 b/man3/sysconf.3
index 8c256421d6..05eda466cf 100644
--- a/man3/sysconf.3
+++ b/man3/sysconf.3
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ is one of the following:
.IP * 3
On error, \-1 is returned and
.I errno
-is set to indicate the cause of the error
+is set to indicate the error
(for example,
.BR EINVAL ,
indicating that
diff --git a/man3/tempnam.3 b/man3/tempnam.3
index cb66c953a7..1c450f375b 100644
--- a/man3/tempnam.3
+++ b/man3/tempnam.3
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ On success, the
function returns a pointer to a unique temporary filename.
It returns NULL if a unique name cannot be generated, with
.I errno
-set to indicate the cause of the error.
+set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B ENOMEM
diff --git a/man3/timegm.3 b/man3/timegm.3
index de0fdc6346..7779e85cc1 100644
--- a/man3/timegm.3
+++ b/man3/timegm.3
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ On error, they return the value
.I (time_t)\ \-1
and set
.I errno
-to indicate the cause of the error.
+to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EOVERFLOW
diff --git a/man3/uselocale.3 b/man3/uselocale.3
index 2018646efb..a3007313bb 100644
--- a/man3/uselocale.3
+++ b/man3/uselocale.3
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ On error, it returns
.IR "(locale_t)\ 0" ,
and sets
.I errno
-to indicate the cause of the error.
+to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EINVAL
diff --git a/man3/usleep.3 b/man3/usleep.3
index 7eaeb820ae..519c5f0f2d 100644
--- a/man3/usleep.3
+++ b/man3/usleep.3
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ The
function returns 0 on success.
On error, \-1 is returned, with
.I errno
-set to indicate the cause of the error.
+set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EINTR
diff --git a/man3/wcsdup.3 b/man3/wcsdup.3
index 823cc18ba4..a6e7a83287 100644
--- a/man3/wcsdup.3
+++ b/man3/wcsdup.3
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ On success,
returns a pointer to the new wide-character string.
On error, it returns NULL, with
.I errno
-set to indicate the cause of the error.
+set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B ENOMEM
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