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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/getitimer.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/getitimer.2 | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/getitimer.2 b/lib/libc/sys/getitimer.2 index 769560a0dc7..5fb623abb5d 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/getitimer.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/getitimer.2 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: getitimer.2,v 1.9 1999/05/23 14:10:51 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: getitimer.2,v 1.10 1999/06/29 14:09:59 aaron Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: getitimer.2,v 1.6 1995/10/12 15:40:54 jtc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 @@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ call sets a timer to the specified .Fa value (returning the previous value of the timer if .Fa ovalue -is non-nil). +is non-null). .Pp -A timer value is defined by the +A timer value is defined by the .Fa itimerval structure: .Bd -literal -offset indent @@ -81,15 +81,15 @@ struct itimerval { .Pp If .Fa it_value -is non-zero, it indicates the time to the next timer expiration. +is non-zero, it indicates the time to the next timer expiration. If .Fa it_interval -is non-zero, it specifies a value to be used in reloading +is non-zero, it specifies a value to be used in reloading .Fa it_value when the timer expires. -Setting +Setting .Fa it_value -to 0 disables a timer. Setting +to 0 disables a timer. Setting .Fa it_interval to 0 causes a timer to be disabled after its next expiration (assuming .Fa it_value @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Adds two timers and stores the result in .Pp .Sh RETURN VALUES If the calls succeed, a value of 0 is returned. If an error occurs, -the value -1 is returned, and a more precise error code is placed +the value \-1 is returned, and a more precise error code is placed in the global variable .Va errno . .Sh ERRORS |