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* Sort sections.Ruslan Ermilov2005-01-201-7/+7
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* ``NULL is a specific instance of a null pointer constant; the generic isGiorgos Keramidas2004-12-231-11/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | a "null pointer".'' Making good use of the excellent explanations sent to me by Ruslan Ermilov, Garrett Wollman and Bruce Evans, correct the descriptions of null pointers. They are just "null pointers", not nil, not NULL or ".Dv NULL". Suggested by: ru, wollman, bde Reviewed by: ru, wollman Pointy hat: keramida Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=139253
* Use .Dv NULL when referring to NULL C pointers, instead of "nil".Giorgos Keramidas2004-12-221-4/+12
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* Mechanically kill hard sentence breaks.Ruslan Ermilov2004-07-021-3/+6
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* Shave-off troff cycles by invoking .Fa only once.Diomidis Spinellis2004-03-191-3/+1
| | | | | | | | Submitted by: ru MFC after: 1 week Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=127203
* Document missing EFAULT errno value.Diomidis Spinellis2004-03-031-0/+8
| | | | | | | MFC after: 2 weeks Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=126553
* Xref kqueue and pollEivind Eklund2004-01-261-0/+2
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* mdoc(7): Use the new feature of the .In macro.Ruslan Ermilov2003-09-081-1/+1
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* mdoc(7) police: "The .Fa argument.".Ruslan Ermilov2002-12-191-0/+2
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* mdoc(7) police: Tidy up the syscall language.Ruslan Ermilov2002-12-181-7/+13
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Stop calling system calls "function calls". Use "The .Fn system call" a-la "The .Nm utility". When referring to a non-BSD implementation in the HISTORY section, call syscall a function, to be safe. Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=108028
* Update SYNOPSIS to reflect the standardized header. Add STANDARDSMike Barcroft2002-11-171-4/+13
| | | | | | | | | section. PR: 43270 Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=107021
* mdoc(7) police: Use the new .In macro for #include statements.Ruslan Ermilov2001-10-011-3/+3
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* mdoc(7) police: join split punctuation to macro calls.Ruslan Ermilov2001-08-101-2/+2
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* Remove whitespace at EOL.Dima Dorfman2001-07-151-5/+5
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* mdoc(7) police: removed HISTORY info from the .Os call.Ruslan Ermilov2001-07-101-1/+1
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* Use .St -susv2 rather than "The Single UNIX Specification".Warner Losh2000-09-041-2/+2
| | | | | | | Submitted by: sheldonh Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=65441
* Soften the statement about select's timeout argument. This part ofWarner Losh2000-09-041-4/+2
| | | | | | | | the system likely won't change in the future, but the warning is a good idea. Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=65419
* Introduce ".Lb" macro to libc manpages.Alexey Zelkin2000-04-211-0/+2
| | | | | | | More libraries manpages updates following. Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=59460
* Clarify that we don't offer hard realtime.Alfred Perlstein2000-01-241-3/+8
| | | | | | | Split timeval options into 3 paragraphs, it's easier on my eyes. Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=56501
* $Id$ -> $FreeBSD$Peter Wemm1999-08-281-1/+1
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* Add $Id$, to make it simpler for members of the translation teams toNik Clayton1999-07-121-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | track. The $Id$ line is normally at the bottom of the main comment block in the man page, separated from the rest of the manpage by an empty comment, like so; .\" $Id$ .\" If the immediately preceding comment is a @(#) format ID marker than the the $Id$ will line up underneath it with no intervening blank lines. Otherwise, an additional blank line is inserted. Approved by: bde Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=48794
* Describe what constitues an exceptional condition.Steve Price1998-08-241-0/+2
| | | | | | | | PR: 7666 Submitted by: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=38503
* Fix a bunch of spelling errors.Steve Price1998-06-041-1/+1
| | | | | | | | PR: 6856 Submitted by: Josh Gilliam <josh@quick.net> Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=36649
* Typo fixMike Smith1997-09-281-1/+1
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* Default size for FD_SETSIZE is 1024 not 256.Steve Price1997-08-111-1/+1
| | | | | | | | PR: bin/4177 Submitted by: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX-BA.Stuttgart.De> Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=28049
* English pedantry : affect -> effectMike Smith1996-12-091-1/+1
| | | | | | | Submitted by: Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=20232
* Correctly use .Fn instead of .Nm to reference function namesMike Pritchard1996-08-221-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | in a bunch of man pages. Use the correct .Bx (BSD UNIX) or .At (AT&T UNIX) macros instead of explicitly specifying the version in the text in a bunch of man pages. Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=17782
* Reflect the removal of the kernel's FD_SETSIZE limit.Sujal Patel1996-08-201-19/+21
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* Xref clocks(7).Joerg Wunsch1996-04-051-1/+2
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* Add "before inclusion of any header which ... "Andrey A. Chernov1995-04-041-1/+1
| | | | | | | Suggested by: bde Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=7618
* Properly describe how to expand default limit of handled descriptorsAndrey A. Chernov1995-04-041-1/+6
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* BSD 4.4 Lite Lib SourcesRodney W. Grimes1994-05-271-0/+183
Notes: svn path=/cvs2svn/branches/unlabeled-1.1.1/; revision=1573
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