man-pages version: latest git repository why: Clarify description by rewording. Fix some typos. diff --git a/man3/posix_fallocate.3 b/man3/posix_fallocate.3 --- a/man3/posix_fallocate.3 +++ b/man3/posix_fallocate.3 @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ referred to by .TP .B ESPIPE .I fd -refers to a pipe of file descriptor. +refers to a pipe. .SH VERSIONS .BR posix_fallocate () is available since glibc 2.1.94. diff --git a/man2/prctl.2 b/man2/prctl.2 --- a/man2/prctl.2 +++ b/man2/prctl.2 @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ in the location pointed to by .TP .BR PR_SET_FPEXC " (since Linux 2.4.21, 2.5.32, only on PowerPC)" Set floating-point exception mode to \fIarg2\fP. -Pass \fBPR_FP_EXC_SW_ENABLE\fP to use FPEXC for FP exception enables, +Pass \fBPR_FP_EXC_SW_ENABLE\fP to use FPEXC for FP exception enabled, \fBPR_FP_EXC_DIV\fP for floating-point divide by zero, \fBPR_FP_EXC_OVF\fP for floating-point overflow, \fBPR_FP_EXC_UND\fP for floating-point underflow, diff --git a/man2/sigaction.2 b/man2/sigaction.2 --- a/man2/sigaction.2 +++ b/man2/sigaction.2 @@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ In addition, signals sent with .BR sigqueue (2) fill in .IR si_int " and " si_ptr -with the values specified by the sender the signal; +with the values specified by the sender of the signal; see .BR sigqueue (2) for more details. diff --git a/man3/sysconf.3 b/man3/sysconf.3 --- a/man3/sysconf.3 +++ b/man3/sysconf.3 @@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ parentheses by .BR expr (1). .TP .BR LINE_MAX " - " _SC_LINE_MAX -The maximum length of a utility's input line length, either from +The maximum length of a utility's input line, either from standard input or from a file. This includes length for a trailing newline. diff --git a/man3/tzset.3 b/man3/tzset.3 --- a/man3/tzset.3 +++ b/man3/tzset.3 @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ runs from the first Sunday in October to the third Sunday in March, and the changeovers happen at the default time of 02:00:00: .nf - TZ="NZST-12.00:00NZDT-13:00:00,M10.1.0,M3.3.0" + TZ="NZST-12:00:00NZDT-13:00:00,M10.1.0,M3.3.0" .fi .PP The third format specifies that the timezone information should be read -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
