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diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/streams.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/streams.4 index 6860ad0380e7..0530342f7fb9 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/streams.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/streams.4 @@ -47,27 +47,27 @@ for userland applications. .Pp Internally, .Nm -provides STREAMS handles by using socket creation kernel routines, and +provides STREAMS handles by using socket creation kernel routines, and adding state-tracking information to the socket to permit manipulation by STREAMS emulation code in .Xr svr4 4 . -Hence, opening a stream device produces a result similar to what would be +Hence, opening a stream device produces a result similar to what would be obtained by calling .Xr socket 2 . .Pp Applications should never use this interface directly: STREAMS emulation is only provided as a service to support ABI requirements in -the SVR4 environment which +the SVR4 environment which .Xr svr4 4 -needs to present to client binaries. +needs to present to client binaries. .Sh BUGS This whole interface is a crude hack to produce STREAMS semantics -through emulation over sockes. +through emulation over sockes. .Pp -Programmers who hope to be able to use this interface to provide +Programmers who hope to be able to use this interface to provide SVR4 STREAMS services to BSD applications will be sorely disappointed. .Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr svr4 4 +.Xr svr4 4 .Sh HISTORY System V Release 4 ABI support first appeared in .Fx 4.0 . |