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| author | Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2019-01-18 05:51:59 +0000 |
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| committer | Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2019-01-18 05:51:59 +0000 |
| commit | d5f753152bdcf596d39ddd1a8291a5abb826e774 (patch) | |
| tree | 886be8417698da09542b8f833babbc6c7f4209fe /lib | |
| parent | bc600692df0d5a5711142c13389d89eda4d0940a (diff) | |
minor tweaks:
* correctly mark up NULL
* avoid gratuitous future tense
* replace one wrong .Nm macro
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/adjtime.2 | 26 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/adjtime.2 b/lib/libc/sys/adjtime.2 index 91d0370025c..73090282201 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/adjtime.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/adjtime.2 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: adjtime.2,v 1.23 2019/01/18 05:03:42 cheloha Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: adjtime.2,v 1.24 2019/01/18 05:51:58 schwarze Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: adjtime.2,v 1.5 1995/10/12 15:40:44 jtc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 @@ -62,14 +62,19 @@ may not be finished when is called again. If .Fa delta -is null, no adjustment is done. +is +.Dv NULL , +no adjustment is done. If .Fa olddelta -is non-null, the structure pointed to will contain, upon return, the -number of microseconds still to be corrected from the earlier call. +is +.Pf non- Dv NULL , +the number of microseconds still to be corrected from the earlier call +is stored into +.Pf * Fa olddelta . Setting the time with .Xr settimeofday 2 -will cancel any in-progress time adjustment. +cancels any in-progress time adjustment. .Pp This call may be used by time servers that synchronize the clocks of computers in a local area network. @@ -90,13 +95,16 @@ Either of the arguments point outside the process's allocated address space. .It Bq Er EINVAL The .Fa delta -argument is non-null and specifies a microsecond value less than zero or +argument is +.Pf non- Dv NULL +and specifies a microsecond value less than zero or greater than or equal to 1 million. .It Bq Er EPERM The .Fa delta -argument is non-null and the process's effective user ID is not that -of the superuser. +argument is +.Pf non- Dv NULL +and the process's effective user ID is not that of the superuser. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr date 1 , @@ -110,6 +118,6 @@ function call appeared in .Bx 4.3 . .Sh CAVEATS Other operating systems restrict calling -.Nm +.Fn adjtime to the superuser and might not allow requesting the current correction without specifying a new value. |