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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/gen/popen.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/gen/popen.3 | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/popen.3 b/lib/libc/gen/popen.3 index 1215be9d0c1..cc4c6b419f6 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/popen.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/popen.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: popen.3,v 1.13 2005/02/25 03:12:43 cloder Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: popen.3,v 1.14 2005/07/22 03:16:58 jaredy Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ stream in all respects except that it must be closed with .Fn pclose rather than -.Fn fclose . +.Xr fclose 3 . Writing to such a stream writes to the standard input of the command; the command's standard output is the same as that of the process that called @@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ stream reads the command's standard output, and the command's standard input is the same as that of the process that called .Fn popen . .Pp -Note that output +Note that .Fn popen -streams are fully buffered by default. +output streams are fully buffered by default. .Pp The .Fn pclose @@ -161,12 +161,12 @@ before .Fn popen . .Pp Failure to execute the shell is indistinguishable from the shell's -failure to execute command, or an immediate exit of the command. +failure to execute +.Fa command , +or an immediate exit of the command. The only hint is an exit status of 127. .Pp The .Fn popen argument always calls -.Xr sh 1 ; -it never calls -.Xr csh 1 . +.Xr sh 1 . |