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-rw-r--r--man7/credentials.710
-rw-r--r--man7/epoll.74
-rw-r--r--man7/inotify.74
-rw-r--r--man7/man-pages.736
-rw-r--r--man7/man.72
-rw-r--r--man7/unix.72
6 files changed, 29 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/man7/credentials.7 b/man7/credentials.7
index d65c18de2d..ae5c12b06e 100644
--- a/man7/credentials.7
+++ b/man7/credentials.7
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ that is assigned when the process is created using
A process can obtain its PID using
.BR getpid (2).
A PID is represented using the type
-.IR pid_t
+.IR pid_t
(defined in
.IR <sys/types.h> ).
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ A process's PPID is preserved across an
Each process has a session ID and a process group ID,
both represented using the type
.IR pid_t .
-A process can obtain its session ID using
+A process can obtain its session ID using
.BR getsid(2),
and its process group ID using
.BR getpgrp (2).
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ A process's session ID and process group ID are preserved across an
Sessions and process groups are abstractions devised to support shell
job control.
-A process group (sometimes called a "job") is a collection of
+A process group (sometimes called a "job") is a collection of
processes that share the same process group ID;
the shell creates a new process group for the process(es) used
to execute single command or pipeline (e.g., the two processes
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ A child process created by
inherits copies of its parent's user and groups IDs.
During an
.BR execve (2),
-a process's real user and group ID and supplementary
+a process's real user and group ID and supplementary
group IDs are preserved;
the effective and saved set IDs may be changed, as described in
.BR execve (2).
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ when determining the permissions for sending signals \(em see
.BR kill (2);
.IP *
when determining the permissions for setting
-process-scheduling parameters (nice value, real time
+process-scheduling parameters (nice value, real time
scheduling policy and priority, CPU affinity, I/O priority) using
.BR setpriority (2),
.BR sched_setaffinity (2),
diff --git a/man7/epoll.7 b/man7/epoll.7
index 6931d910a3..005dc8ff4f 100644
--- a/man7/epoll.7
+++ b/man7/epoll.7
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ interface using the
.B EPOLLET
flag, the call to
.BR epoll_wait (2)
-done in step
+done in step
.B 5
will probably hang despite the available data still present in the file
input buffer;
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ calls, are they combined or reported separately?
They will be combined.
.TP
.B Q8
-Does an operation on a file descriptor affect the
+Does an operation on a file descriptor affect the
already collected but not yet reported events?
.TP
.B A8
diff --git a/man7/inotify.7 b/man7/inotify.7
index 2e28047f28..ed253f029c 100644
--- a/man7/inotify.7
+++ b/man7/inotify.7
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ the length of each
structure is thus
.IR "sizeof(inotify_event)+len" .
-The behavior when the buffer given to
+The behavior when the buffer given to
.BR read (2)
-is too small to return information about the next event depends
+is too small to return information about the next event depends
on the kernel version: in kernels before 2.6.21,
.BR read (2)
returns 0; since kernel 2.6.21,
diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7
index 2316698eab..152dd0434b 100644
--- a/man7/man-pages.7
+++ b/man7/man-pages.7
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
.\"
.\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by
.\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work.
-.\"
-.\" 2007-05-30 created by mtk, using text from old man.7 plus
+.\"
+.\" 2007-05-30 created by mtk, using text from old man.7 plus
.\" rewrites and additional text.
.\"
.TH MAN-PAGES 7 2007-05-30 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ New manual pages should be marked up using the
.B groff tmac.an
package described in
.BR man (7).
-This choice is mainly for consistency: the vast majority of
+This choice is mainly for consistency: the vast majority of
existing Linux manual pages are marked up using these macros.
.SS Conventions for source file layout
-Please limit source code line length to no more than about 75 characters
+Please limit source code line length to no more than about 75 characters
wherever possible.
This helps avoid line-wrapping in some mail clients when patches are
submitted inline.
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ However, this was never done consistently, and so was
probably worse than including no version number.
Henceforth, avoid including a version number.)
.sp
-For library calls that are part of glibc or one of the
+For library calls that are part of glibc or one of the
other common GNU libraries, just use
.IR "GNU C Library" ", " GNU ,
or an empty string.
@@ -149,13 +149,13 @@ In cases of doubt, just write
.IR Linux ", or " GNU .
.TP
.I manual
-The title of the manual (e.g., for Section 2 and 3 pages in
+The title of the manual (e.g., for Section 2 and 3 pages in
the \fIman-pages\fP package, use
.IR "Linux Programmer's Manual" ).
.RE
.SS Sections within a manual page
The list below shows conventional or suggested sections.
-Most manual pages should include at least the
+Most manual pages should include at least the
.B highlighted
sections.
Arrange a new manual page so that sections
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ RETURN VALUE [Normally only in Sections 2, 3]
.\" ERROR HANDLING,
ERRORS [Typically only in Sections 2, 3]
.\" May 07: Almost no current man pages have a USAGE section,,,
-.\" USAGE,
-..\" DIAGNOSTICS,
+.\" USAGE,
+..\" DIAGNOSTICS,
.\" May 07: Almost no current man pages have a SECURITY section,,,
.\" SECURITY,
ENVIRONMENT
@@ -192,19 +192,19 @@ EXAMPLE
.in
.IR "Where a traditional heading would apply" ", " "please use it" ;
this kind of consistency can make the information easier to understand.
-If you must, you can create your own
+If you must, you can create your own
headings if they make things easier to understand (this can
be especially useful for pages in Sections 4 and 5).
However, before doing this, consider whether you could use the
traditional headings, with some subsections (\fI.SS\fP) within
those sections.
-The following list elaborates on the contents of each of
+The following list elaborates on the contents of each of
the above sections.
.TP 14
.B NAME
The name of this manual page.
-See
+See
.BR man (7)
for important details of the line(s) that should follow the
\fB.SH NAME\fI command.
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ section.
.\" section).
.TP
.B OPTIONS
-describes the command-line options accepted by a
+describes the command-line options accepted by a
program and how they change its behavior.
This section should only appear for Section 1 and 8 manual pages.
.\" .TP
@@ -324,8 +324,8 @@ but isn't in the current version of POSIX.1.)
(See
.BR standards (7).)
-If the call is not governed by any standards but commonly
-exists on other systems, note them.
+If the call is not governed by any standards but commonly
+exists on other systems, note them.
If the call is Linux specific, note this.
.TP
.B NOTES
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ If you are the author a device driver and what to include
an address for reporting bugs, place this under the BUGS section.
.TP
.B SEE ALSO
-lists related man pages, ordered by section number and
+lists related man pages, ordered by section number and
alphabetically by name, possibly followed by
other related pages or documents.
.SS Font conventions
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ macro).
Any reference to the subject of the current manual page
should be written with the name in bold.
If the subject is a function (i.e., this is a Section 2 or 3 page),
-then the name should be followed by a pair of parentheses
+then the name should be followed by a pair of parentheses
in Roman (normal) font.
For example, in the
.BR fcntl (2)
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ Starting with release 2.59,
follows American spelling conventions;
please write all new pages and patches according to these conventions.
.SS Example Programs
-Manual pages can include example programs demonstrating how to
+Manual pages can include example programs demonstrating how to
use a system call or library function.
However, note the following:
.TP 3
diff --git a/man7/man.7 b/man7/man.7
index c81f01b78c..0de8734a07 100644
--- a/man7/man.7
+++ b/man7/man.7
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ For conventions that should be employed when writing man pages
for the Linux \fIman-pages\fP package, see
.BR man-pages (7).
.SS Title line
-The first command in a man page (after comment lines,
+The first command in a man page (after comment lines,
that is, lines that start with \fB.\\"\fP) should be
.RS
.sp
diff --git a/man7/unix.7 b/man7/unix.7
index 5f972acaa5..e6cf55d34d 100644
--- a/man7/unix.7
+++ b/man7/unix.7
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ call.
Unix domain stream sockets do not support the notion of out-of-band data.
.SH EXAMPLE
-See
+See
.BR bind (2).
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR recvmsg (2),