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author | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2004-04-03 10:07:09 +0000 |
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committer | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2004-04-03 10:07:09 +0000 |
commit | ebd51bdfa9c377e7e9d8df9bf5cc5b2633b26770 (patch) | |
tree | af06da9cca59a7d9394fd27ab028f97984bf4597 /lib/libc/sys | |
parent | c39739600bee3c8a52d77bfea7c0cd1ae02693bf (diff) |
- use macros instead of parentheses
- remove .Pp before list
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/rfork.2 | 26 |
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 |