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2024-05-02man/, share/mk/: Move man*/ to man/Alejandro Colomar1-765/+0
2023-10-31man*/: srcfix (Use .P instead of .PP or .LP)Alejandro Colomar1-36/+36
2023-05-03man*/, man.ignore.grep: srcfix; warn about blank linesAlejandro Colomar1-9/+9
2023-03-30man*/, man-pages.7: VERSIONS, STANDARDS, HISTORY: Reorganize sectionsAlejandro Colomar1-31/+29
2023-02-05Many pages: Use \[bu] instead of \(buAlejandro Colomar1-6/+6
2023-02-05Many pages: Use \[em] instead of \(emAlejandro Colomar1-1/+1
2023-02-05Many pages: Use \[aq] instead of \(aqAlejandro Colomar1-2/+2
2023-02-05Many pages: Use lowercase for 'glibc'Alejandro Colomar1-1/+1
2022-12-04Many pages: wfixAlejandro Colomar1-4/+4
2022-12-03select.2: SYNOPSIS: Add _NullableAlejandro Colomar1-7/+9
2022-10-30Many pages: Use correct letter case in page titles (TH)Alejandro Colomar1-1/+1
2022-10-29Many pages: Use a consistent style for listsAlejandro Colomar1-2/+2
2022-10-09dist.mk, All pages: .TH: Generate date at 'make dist'Alejandro Colomar1-1/+1
2022-10-09getent.1, iconv.1, intro.1, ldd.1, locale.1, localedef.1, memusage.1, memusag...Alejandro Colomar1-1/+1
2022-10-08memfd_create.2, mlock.2, poll.2, select.2, fopen.3, capabilities.7: tfixŠtěpán Němec1-1/+1
2022-09-17Various pages: EXAMPLES: Align variable declarationsAlex Colomar1-3/+3
2022-09-09Revert "src.mk, All pages: Move man* to man/"Alejandro Colomar1-0/+765
2022-09-05src.mk, All pages: Move man* to man/Alejandro Colomar1-765/+0
2022-08-21All pages: Remove the 5th argument to .THAlejandro Colomar1-1/+1
2022-08-21All pages: Replace the 4th argument to .TH by "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"Alejandro Colomar1-1/+1
2022-07-29Many pages: Use STANDARDS instead of CONFORMING TOAlejandro Colomar1-1/+1
2022-04-30Many pages: EXAMPLES: Add wrapper comments SRC BEGIN and SRC ENDAlejandro Colomar1-0/+2
2022-03-20Many pages: Fix style issues reported by `make lint-groff`Alejandro Colomar1-6/+6
2022-03-06Many pages: LIBRARY: srcfixAlejandro Colomar1-1/+1
2022-02-25select.2: Add LIBRARY sectionAlejandro Colomar1-0/+3
2022-02-25Various pages: [Linux-man-pages-copyleft] Use SPDX-License-IdentifierAlejandro Colomar1-21/+1
2022-02-24select.2, system_data_types.7: Move fd_set to select.2Alejandro Colomar1-1/+19
2021-12-06Many pages: replace in-line struct timespec declarations with "timespec(3) st...наб1-10/+4
2021-05-20select.2: Strengthen the warning regarding the low value of FD_SETSIZEMichael Kerrisk1-9/+12
2021-05-20select.2: Relocate sentence about the fd_set value-result arguments to BUGSMichael Kerrisk1-6/+7
2021-03-22getent.1, ldd.1, locale.1, localedef.1, memusage.1, memusagestat.1, mtrace.1,...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2021-02-14select.2: SYNOPSIS: Use 'restrict' in prototypesAlejandro Colomar1-5/+7
2021-01-06Various pages: Remove redundant escaping of space characters in FTM infoMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2021-01-05Various pages: Use internally consistent continuation indents in SYNOPSISMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2021-01-05Various pages: ffix: More layout consistency fixes for FTMsMichael Kerrisk1-1/+3
2020-11-01memusage.1, pldd.1, sprof.1, add_key.2, bind.2, bpf.2, clone.2, dup.2, epoll_...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2020-09-29_exit.2, access.2, acct.2, brk.2, chdir.2, chmod.2, chown.2, chroot.2, clock_...Michael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2020-09-29clone.2, io_submit.2, select.2, shmget.2, getcontext.3, malloc_info.3, mtrace...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2020-09-24pldd.1, bpf.2, clone.2, dup.2, ioctl_fat.2, nfsservctl.2, open_by_handle_at.2...Michael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2020-06-21man2/*: srcfix: fix warnings from "mandoc -Tlint"Bjarni Ingi Gislason1-4/+0
2020-05-31Various pages: retitle EXAMPLE section heading to EXAMPLESMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2020-04-11pidfd_getfd.2, select.2, exit.3, time.7, time_namespaces.7: srcfix: Trim trai...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2020-04-11getent.1, localedef.1, accept.2, arch_prctl.2, clock_getres.2, clock_nanoslee...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2020-02-19select.2: ffixMichael Kerrisk1-9/+6
2020-02-19select.2: ffixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+0
2020-02-19select.2: Note that FD_SET() and FD_CLR() do not return errorsMichael Kerrisk1-0/+4
2020-02-19select.2: wfixMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2020-02-19select.2: Consolidate historical glibc pselect() details under one subheadMichael Kerrisk1-16/+16
2020-02-19select.2: Place the discussion of the self-pipe technique in a headed subsectionMichael Kerrisk1-10/+11
2020-02-18select.2: Rewrite DESCRIPTIONMichael Kerrisk1-48/+118
2020-02-18select.2: Minor wording fixMichael Kerrisk1-2/+3
2020-02-18select.2: ffixMichael Kerrisk1-0/+1
2020-02-18select.2: srcfix: add myself to copyrightMichael Kerrisk1-1/+2
2020-02-18select.2, select_tut.2: Consolidate info on usleep() emulation in one placeMichael Kerrisk1-8/+12
2020-02-18select.2: Remove details of historical #include requirementsMichael Kerrisk1-24/+1
2020-02-18select.2: Remove some ancient information about pre-POSIX types for 'timeout'Michael Kerrisk1-37/+12
2020-02-18select.2: Minor fix: add forward reference to 'timeval' descriptionMichael Kerrisk1-1/+3
2020-02-18select.2: Consolidate the discussion of pselect into a headed subsectionMichael Kerrisk1-36/+41
2020-02-18select.2: wfixMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2019-11-19clone.2, fallocate.2, ioctl_iflags.2, ioctl_list.2, pidfd_open.2, pivot_root....Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2019-10-12select.2: POLLIN_SET/POLLOUT_SET/POLLEX_SET are now defined in terms of EPOLL*Michael Kerrisk1-6/+7
2019-03-06getent.1, iconv.1, ldd.1, locale.1, localedef.1, memusage.1, memusagestat.1, ...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2019-02-27locale.1, memusage.1, pldd.1, _syscall.2, add_key.2, bind.2, bpf.2, chown.2, ...Michael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2018-12-23select.2: wfixMichael Kerrisk1-3/+4
2018-10-16getrlimit.2, ioprio_set.2, msgop.2, select.2: Remove superfluous uses of the ...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2018-06-12select.2: wfixMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2018-06-01select.2: BUGS: the use of value-result arguments is a design bugMichael Kerrisk1-0/+9
2018-05-18select.2: Note that select() and pselect() are not affected by O_NONBLOCKMichael Kerrisk1-0/+8
2017-09-15iconv.1, ldd.1, locale.1, localedef.1, memusage.1, memusagestat.1, mtrace.1, ...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2017-08-20s390_pci_mmio_write.2, sched_setscheduler.2, select.2, select_tut.2, shmctl.2...Michael Kerrisk1-3/+0
2017-08-19intro.1, locale.1, ioctl_list.2, listxattr.2, memfd_create.2, nfsservctl.2, o...Michael Kerrisk1-17/+22
2017-08-19execve.2, ioctl_console.2, ioctl_iflags.2, ioctl_ns.2, ioctl_userfaultfd.2, k...Michael Kerrisk1-8/+8
2017-08-19ioctl_console.2, ioctl_getfsmap.2, ioctl_iflags.2, ioctl_list.2, ioctl_ns.2, ...Michael Kerrisk1-4/+4
2017-08-18getent.1, intro.1, time.1, _exit.2, alloc_hugepages.2, arch_prctl.2, clock_ge...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2017-08-16_syscall.2, bpf.2, cacheflush.2, capget.2, chdir.2, chmod.2, chroot.2, clock_...Michael Kerrisk1-22/+22
2017-08-15_syscall.2, clock_getres.2, clone.2, copy_file_range.2, create_module.2, dele...Michael Kerrisk1-5/+1
2017-08-15_exit.2, accept.2, chmod.2, dup.2, getgroups.2, keyctl.2, link.2, mkdir.2, mk...Michael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2017-08-15_exit.2, bpf.2, cacheflush.2, capget.2, chdir.2, chmod.2, chroot.2, clock_get...Michael Kerrisk1-7/+7
2017-05-03_exit.2, alarm.2, chmod.2, clone.2, epoll_ctl.2, fcntl.2, fork.2, fsync.2, ge...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2017-03-30select.2: Refer to POLLPRI in poll(2) for info on exceptional conditionsMichael Kerrisk1-0/+4
2017-03-30select.2: Give a hint that sets must be reinitialized if using select() in a ...Michael Kerrisk1-0/+3
2017-03-30select.2: Minor wording fixesMichael Kerrisk1-6/+9
2017-03-29select.2: Show correspondence between select() and poll() readiness notificat...Michael Kerrisk1-0/+24
2017-03-24select.2: ffixMichael Kerrisk1-3/+3
2017-03-24select.2: Move mislocated text describing the self-pipe text from BUGS to NOTESMichael Kerrisk1-13/+13
2017-03-24select.2: Linux select() is buggy wrt POSIX in its check for EBADF errorsMichael Kerrisk1-1/+17
2017-03-13add_key.2, execve.2, fork.2, fsync.2, getrandom.2, getrlimit.2, getxattr.2, i...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2016-12-27poll.2i, select.2: ffix + srcfixMichael Kerrisk1-2/+3
2016-12-27poll.2, select.2: Add a reference to the sigset discussion in sigprocmask(2)Nicolas B1-4/+7
2016-03-15locale.1, localedef.1, _exit.2, accept.2, access.2, acct.2, adjtimex.2, bdflu...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2016-03-10select.2: tfixMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2016-03-01brk.2, chroot.2, clock_nanosleep.2, getpagesize.2, posix_fadvise.2, select.2,...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2016-02-04select.2: Document spurious EAGAIN error that can occur on other systemsMichael Kerrisk1-0/+17
2016-02-03select.2: ffixMichael Kerrisk1-0/+2
2016-02-01select.2: Add details on the glibc fixed-size fd_set limitationMichael Kerrisk1-4/+28
2016-02-01select.2: Mention the 'fd_set' size limitation early and refer to poll(2)Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos1-0/+7
2015-07-24select.2: CONFORMING TO: add POSIX.1-2008Michael Kerrisk1-8/+8
2015-07-23intro.1, locale.1, _exit.2, access.2, bpf.2, brk.2, capget.2, chmod.2, chroot...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2015-05-08_exit.2, access.2, brk.2, chmod.2, clone.2, epoll_wait.2, eventfd.2, fork.2, ...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2015-01-22_exit.2, dup.2, execve.2, execveat.2, fallocate.2, fcntl.2, get_robust_list.2...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2015-01-13select.2: Mention RLIMIT_NOFILE as a possible cause of EINVAL errorMichael Kerrisk1-1/+7
2014-12-31localedef.1, adjtimex.2, clock_nanosleep.2, epoll_ctl.2, ioctl.2, madvise.2, ...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2014-12-30select.2: SEE ALSO: add restart_syscall(2)Michael Kerrisk1-0/+1
2014-09-01poll.2, select.2: fix erroneous description of "available for write".Rusty Russell1-5/+6
2014-08-19access.2, bdflush.2, bind.2, brk.2, chmod.2, chown.2, clone.2, epoll_wait.2, ...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2014-08-18select.2: grfixMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2014-08-18select.2: wfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+3
2014-08-18select.2: Remove ancient Linux libc detailsMichael Kerrisk1-3/+0
2014-08-18select.2: Change "Linux notes" subheading to "C library/kernel ABI differences"Michael Kerrisk1-1/+2
2014-04-28clone.2, execve.2, getpriority.2, ipc.2, kcmp.2, killpg.2, msgctl.2, msgget.2...Michael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2014-03-16select.2: spfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2014-01-31epoll_wait.2, poll.2, select.2: Go into more detail on timeout and when call ...Michael Kerrisk1-2/+12
2014-01-24select.2: RETURN VALUE: Fix discussion of treatment of file descriptor setsMichael Kerrisk1-4/+5
2013-09-04select.2: Clarify wording of 'timeout' as a "minimum" intervalMichael Kerrisk1-4/+4
2013-03-10intro.1, _exit.2, access.2, alarm.2, alloc_hugepages.2, arch_prctl.2, bind.2,...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2013-03-10intro.1, _exit.2, access.2, alarm.2, alloc_hugepages.2, arch_prctl.2, bind.2,...Michael Kerrisk1-0/+2
2013-03-10_exit.2, access.2, acct.2, adjtimex.2, alarm.2, alloc_hugepages.2, arch_prctl...Michael Kerrisk1-2/+0
2013-02-24intro.1, time.1, _syscall.2, accept.2, capget.2, clone.2, execve.2, fcntl.2, ...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2013-02-24getent.1, intro.1, time.1, _exit.2, _syscall.2, accept.2, access.2, acct.2, a...Michael Kerrisk1-3/+3
2013-02-24intro.1, time.1, _syscall.2, accept.2, brk.2, capget.2, faccessat.2, futimesa...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-09-24arch_prctl.2, fcntl.2, flock.2, get_robust_list.2, getpriority.2, ioprio_set....David Prévot1-4/+3
2012-08-22select.2: Clarify equivalent pslect() code in terms of threadsMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2012-08-17select.2: Note behavior if monitored file descriptor is closed in another threadMichael Kerrisk1-1/+17
2012-08-17select.2: Minor wording fixesMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-06-08open.2, select.2, aio_cancel.3, aio_suspend.3: ffixAkihiro MOTOKI1-1/+1
2012-06-08spfixAkihiro MOTOKI1-1/+1
2012-05-11Removed trailing white space at end of linesMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-05-07select.2: Expand description of the self-pipe trickMichael Kerrisk1-3/+7
2012-05-07select.2: grfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-05-07select.2: Add further details on pselect6() system call that underlies pselect()Michael Kerrisk1-1/+30
2012-05-07select.2: Clarify that 'timeout' is a *minimum* intervalMichael Kerrisk1-3/+7
2012-04-12select.2: ffixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+3
2010-08-31select.2: Update NOTES on old glibc pselect()Michael Kerrisk1-4/+8
2010-06-20select.2: spfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2008-12-05select.2: Rewrote text describing feature test macro requirements for pselect()Michael Kerrisk1-7/+6
2008-08-20grfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2008-07-14tstampMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2008-07-14Clarify "zero timeout" case.Michael Kerrisk1-2/+4
2008-07-04ERRORS: Added reference to signal(7) in dicussion of EINTR.Michael Kerrisk1-1/+2
2008-06-23SEE ALSO: add time(7)Michael Kerrisk1-1/+2
2007-12-19Make the standard indent for code samples, shell sessionMichael Kerrisk1-3/+3
2007-12-19Make the standard indent for code samples, shell sessionMichael Kerrisk1-6/+6
2007-12-18Replace `...' with alternate formatting (e.g., ".." or .I)Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2007-11-24Remove section numbers for page references where theMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2007-09-10Add "#include <stdlib.h>" (to declatre exit(3)) to example program.Michael Kerrisk1-0/+1
2007-07-08Added/updated glibc feature test macro requirementsMichael Kerrisk1-9/+15
2007-06-25Minor wording changes.Michael Kerrisk1-2/+3
2007-06-22ffixMichael Kerrisk1-2/+6
2007-06-16Noted that timeout can also be changed is select() is interrupted by a signal.Michael Kerrisk1-3/+15
2007-06-13ffixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2007-06-08Convert to American spelling conventionsMichael Kerrisk1-4/+4
2007-05-30Removed version number from .TH lineMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2007-05-19Fix inconsistencies in order of .SH sectionsMichael Kerrisk1-36/+36
2007-05-18Reordered sections to be more consistent, in some cases renamingMichael Kerrisk1-6/+6
2007-05-18Relocated LINUX NOTES as subsection under NOTESMichael Kerrisk1-7/+7
2007-05-16s/return 0/exit(EXIT_FAILURE)/ in main() function example programMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2007-04-12Wrapped long lines, wrapped at sentence boundaries; stripped trailingMichael Kerrisk1-52/+63
2007-04-05Code formatting fixesMichael Kerrisk1-1/+2
2007-04-03ffixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2006-12-27wrap long source linesMichael Kerrisk1-1/+2
2006-12-27wfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2006-08-03Updated CONFORMING TO sectionMichael Kerrisk1-7/+9
2006-07-03ffixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+0
2006-05-15Rename ftm.7 to feature_test_macros.7Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2006-05-14tfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2006-05-13Various minor changesMichael Kerrisk1-8/+11
2006-05-13ffixMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2006-04-21wfixMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2006-04-21Improve opening para describing purpose of select().Michael Kerrisk1-2/+12
2006-04-21Added SEE ALSO reference to ftm.7Michael Kerrisk1-1/+2
2006-04-20Note more clearly that fd_set args can be NULL; various other minor edits and...Michael Kerrisk1-13/+31
2006-03-20Updated FIXMEsMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2006-03-19pselect() prototype needs "#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 600".Michael Kerrisk1-4/+7
2006-03-15Minor changesMichael Kerrisk1-7/+10
2006-03-12Fixes for pselect() description.Michael Kerrisk1-6/+36
2006-03-07Noted pselect() treatment of timeout.Michael Kerrisk1-1/+14
2006-03-07Updated to reflect the fact that pselect() has been implementedMichael Kerrisk1-36/+49
2006-02-02Other minor wording changes.Michael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2006-02-02Added return types to prototypes for FD_SET(), FD_CLR(),Michael Kerrisk1-4/+4
2005-10-19Automated addition of parentheses by add_parens_for_own_funcs.shMichael Kerrisk1-35/+35
2005-07-06hyphen/dash fixesMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2005-07-06Hyphen/dash fixesMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2004-11-03Import of man-pages 1.70man-pages-1.70Michael Kerrisk1-0/+394
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