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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-04-03 10:07:09 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-04-03 10:07:09 +0000
commitebd51bdfa9c377e7e9d8df9bf5cc5b2633b26770 (patch)
treeaf06da9cca59a7d9394fd27ab028f97984bf4597
parentc39739600bee3c8a52d77bfea7c0cd1ae02693bf (diff)
- use macros instead of parentheses
- remove .Pp before list
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/sys/rfork.226
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/rfork.2 b/lib/libc/sys/rfork.2
index 2c4c337df1e..07f20c5f39d 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/rfork.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/rfork.2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: rfork.2,v 1.20 2004/04/02 19:08:58 tedu Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: rfork.2,v 1.21 2004/04/03 10:07:08 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Jason McIntyre <jmc@openbsd.org>
.\"
@@ -27,13 +27,18 @@
.Fn rfork "int flags"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The fork functions
-.Pf ( Xr fork 2 ,
-.Xr vfork 2
+.Po
+.Xr fork 2 ,
+.Xr vfork 2 ,
and
-.Fn rfork )
+.Fn rfork
+.Pc
create new processes.
-The new process (child process) is an exact copy of the calling process
-(parent process), except as outlined in the
+The new process
+.Pq child process
+is an exact copy of the calling process
+.Pq parent process ,
+except as outlined in the
.Xr fork 2
manual page.
.Fn rfork
@@ -52,7 +57,6 @@ which controls which of these resources should be manipulated.
They are defined in the header file
.Aq Pa sys/param.h
and are the logical OR of one or more of the following:
-.Pp
.Bl -tag -width "RFNOWAIT"
.It Dv RFNAMEG
New Plan 9
@@ -93,13 +97,15 @@ Zero Plan 9
.Sq env space .
This is a Plan 9 specific flag, and not implemented.
.It Dv RFCFDG
-Zero the child's file descriptor table (ie. start with a blank file
-descriptor table).
+Zero the child's file descriptor table
+.Pq i.e. start with a blank file descriptor table .
May not be used in conjunction with
.Dv RFFDG .
.El
.Sh RETURN VALUES
-The parent process returns the process ID (PID) of the child process.
+The parent process returns the process ID
+.Pq PID
+of the child process.
The child process returns 0.
The range of the process ID is defined in
.Aq Pa sys/proc.h