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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-03-04 15:29:58 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-03-04 15:29:58 +0000
commitecc71a2af2e2ea3a4b9b2bd464faf43faf9dd1ce (patch)
tree1374e1c20ea944d5552742ab21d7b5200506a8ad /lib/libkvm/kvm_read.3
parent0b4e482da737df64291fac8d4d49b211a41eb3b5 (diff)
Various cleanups and mdoc'ing.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libkvm/kvm_read.3')
-rw-r--r--lib/libkvm/kvm_read.38
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libkvm/kvm_read.3 b/lib/libkvm/kvm_read.3
index 43017b7b835..1584129a536 100644
--- a/lib/libkvm/kvm_read.3
+++ b/lib/libkvm/kvm_read.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: kvm_read.3,v 1.4 1999/07/09 13:35:26 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: kvm_read.3,v 1.5 2000/03/04 15:29:57 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: kvm_read.3,v 1.2 1996/03/18 22:34:01 thorpej Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1993
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ The
and
.Fn kvm_write
functions are used to read and write kernel virtual memory (or a crash
-dump file). See
+dump file).
+See
.Fn kvm_open 3
or
.Fn kvm_openfiles 3
@@ -81,7 +82,8 @@ to
Unlike their SunOS counterparts, these functions cannot be used to
read or write process address spaces.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
-Upon success, the number of bytes actually transferred is returned.
+Upon successful completion, the number of bytes actually transferred is
+returned.
Otherwise, \-1 is returned.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr kvm 3 ,