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| author | Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-12-18 09:22:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-12-18 09:22:32 +0000 |
| commit | 2faeeff4c9bb77cca44a977d96c1a9fc7af8d8a3 (patch) | |
| tree | cb18f664ed0ee63bee30f6af9b148510b6e9663b /lib/libc/sys/mkfifo.2 | |
| parent | a1096fe6dfb9dc2ec492a1421075a38d6d75bc02 (diff) | |
| download | src-2faeeff4c9bb77cca44a977d96c1a9fc7af8d8a3.tar.gz src-2faeeff4c9bb77cca44a977d96c1a9fc7af8d8a3.zip | |
mdoc(7) police: Tidy up the syscall language.
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
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=108028
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/mkfifo.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/mkfifo.2 | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/mkfifo.2 b/lib/libc/sys/mkfifo.2 index b85c021afb3b..19461bebb6a2 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/mkfifo.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/mkfifo.2 @@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ .Ft int .Fn mkfifo "const char *path" "mode_t mode" .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Fn Mkfifo +The +.Fn mkfifo +system call creates a new fifo file with name .Fa path . The access permissions are @@ -62,7 +64,9 @@ which it is created. .Sh RETURN VALUES .Rv -std mkfifo .Sh ERRORS -.Fn Mkfifo +The +.Fn mkfifo +system call will fail and no fifo will be created if: .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er ENOTSUP @@ -117,5 +121,5 @@ points outside the process's allocated address space. .Sh STANDARDS The .Fn mkfifo -function call is expected to conform to +system call is expected to conform to .St -p1003.1-90 . |