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17 years agoReady for 2.42 release. man-pages-2.42
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 25 Nov 2006 05:53:38 +0000 (05:53 +0000)] 
Ready for 2.42 release.

17 years agoFised date in .TH
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 25 Nov 2006 05:37:54 +0000 (05:37 +0000)] 
Fised date in .TH

17 years agoAdded FIXME.
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 25 Nov 2006 05:37:22 +0000 (05:37 +0000)] 
Added FIXME.

17 years agospfix
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 25 Nov 2006 05:36:26 +0000 (05:36 +0000)] 
spfix

17 years agoAdd text descriding Internationalized Domain Name extensions.
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 25 Nov 2006 05:35:02 +0000 (05:35 +0000)] 
Add text descriding Internationalized Domain Name extensions.

17 years agoFix SYNOPSIS for vsyslog().
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 25 Nov 2006 05:34:40 +0000 (05:34 +0000)] 
Fix SYNOPSIS for vsyslog().

17 years agoAdded FIXME
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 25 Nov 2006 04:13:21 +0000 (04:13 +0000)] 
Added FIXME

17 years agoAdd text describoing behaviour of the Linux brk() system call
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 25 Nov 2006 04:13:11 +0000 (04:13 +0000)] 
Add text describoing behaviour of the Linux brk() system call
and point out that the glibc brk() wrapper provides different behaviour.
Note that sbrk() is implemented as a library function in glibc that
calls the brk() system call.

17 years agoFUTEX_FD is scheduled for removal in June 2007.
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 25 Nov 2006 01:57:28 +0000 (01:57 +0000)] 
FUTEX_FD is scheduled for removal in June 2007.

17 years agoLinux 2.4.21 added core_pattern (which was already in 2.6).
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 25 Nov 2006 01:45:17 +0000 (01:45 +0000)] 
Linux 2.4.21 added core_pattern (which was already in 2.6).
Noted a few more reasons why a core dump file might not be produced.

17 years agoSince Linux 2.6.18, the PID of the new process is also available
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 25 Nov 2006 01:21:51 +0000 (01:21 +0000)] 
Since Linux 2.6.18, the PID of the new process is also available
for PTRACE_EVENT_VFORKDONE.

17 years agoFix description of O_LARGEFILE to mention required feature test macros.
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 25 Nov 2006 01:00:24 +0000 (01:00 +0000)] 
Fix description of O_LARGEFILE to mention required feature test macros.

17 years agowfix
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:50:45 +0000 (00:50 +0000)] 
wfix

17 years agoAdd _XOPEN_SOURCE to prototype.
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:21:08 +0000 (11:21 +0000)] 
Add _XOPEN_SOURCE to prototype.

17 years agoStart of 2.42
Michael Kerrisk [Thu, 12 Oct 2006 08:04:41 +0000 (08:04 +0000)] 
Start of 2.42

17 years agoStart of 2.42
Michael Kerrisk [Thu, 12 Oct 2006 08:03:56 +0000 (08:03 +0000)] 
Start of 2.42

17 years agoReady for 2.41 man-pages-2.41
Michael Kerrisk [Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:40:10 +0000 (07:40 +0000)] 
Ready for 2.41

17 years agoReady for 2.41
Michael Kerrisk [Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:35:36 +0000 (07:35 +0000)] 
Ready for 2.41

17 years agoReady for 2.41
Michael Kerrisk [Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:35:12 +0000 (07:35 +0000)] 
Ready for 2.41

17 years agoFix wording referring to the use of strcmp() in 'compar' function.
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 6 Oct 2006 13:57:33 +0000 (13:57 +0000)] 
Fix wording referring to the use of strcmp() in 'compar' function.
See Debian bug 391402.

17 years agoMNT_FORCE can cause data loss.
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 4 Oct 2006 14:44:36 +0000 (14:44 +0000)] 
MNT_FORCE can cause data loss.

17 years agoMosts systems support the synonym _SC_PAGE_SIZE (the only exception I
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 2 Oct 2006 04:58:20 +0000 (04:58 +0000)] 
Mosts systems support the synonym _SC_PAGE_SIZE (the only exception I
know is Darwin, and maybe it supports it by now as well).

17 years agoNoted that sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE) is preferred in portable applications.
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 2 Oct 2006 04:54:09 +0000 (04:54 +0000)] 
Noted that sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE) is preferred in portable applications.

17 years agoSlight rewording
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 2 Oct 2006 04:51:18 +0000 (04:51 +0000)] 
Slight rewording

17 years agotfix
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 2 Oct 2006 04:48:28 +0000 (04:48 +0000)] 
tfix

17 years agoNoted that sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX) is preferred in portable applications.
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 2 Oct 2006 04:48:10 +0000 (04:48 +0000)] 
Noted that sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX) is preferred in portable applications.

18 years agowfix
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:54:29 +0000 (13:54 +0000)] 
wfix

18 years agoPlace socket options in alpha order.
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:48:33 +0000 (13:48 +0000)] 
Place socket options in alpha order.

18 years agoDocument PR_GET_ENDIAND and PR_SET_ENDIAN.
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:01:24 +0000 (13:01 +0000)] 
Document PR_GET_ENDIAND and PR_SET_ENDIAN.

18 years agoSince 2.6.18, POSIX_FADV_NOREUSE is a no-op.
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:41:08 +0000 (12:41 +0000)] 
Since 2.6.18, POSIX_FADV_NOREUSE is a no-op.

18 years agowfix
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:16:04 +0000 (12:16 +0000)] 
wfix

18 years agoReformat date in TH.
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:13:50 +0000 (12:13 +0000)] 
Reformat date in TH.

18 years agoUpdated Linux versions where the options where introduced.
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:03:11 +0000 (12:03 +0000)] 
Updated Linux versions where the options where introduced.
Added PR_SET_TIMING, PR_GET_TIMING, PR_SET_NAME, PR_GET_NAME,
PR_SET_UNALIGN, PR_GET_UNALIGN, PR_SET_FPEMU, PR_GET_FPEMU,
PR_SET_FPEXC, PR_GET_FPEXC.

18 years agotfix
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:14:02 +0000 (11:14 +0000)] 
tfix

18 years agoSince kernel 2.6.18, setting 2 for PR_SET_DUMPABLE is no longer possible.
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:36:02 +0000 (08:36 +0000)] 
Since kernel 2.6.18, setting 2 for PR_SET_DUMPABLE is no longer possible.

18 years agoAdded FIXME for priority inheritance operations.
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 26 Sep 2006 06:38:06 +0000 (06:38 +0000)] 
Added FIXME for priority inheritance operations.

18 years agoAdded delayacct_blkio_ticks to /proc/PID/stat.
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 26 Sep 2006 05:58:39 +0000 (05:58 +0000)] 
Added delayacct_blkio_ticks to /proc/PID/stat.

18 years agoDocument IUTF8.
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 25 Sep 2006 07:27:38 +0000 (07:27 +0000)] 
Document IUTF8.

18 years agoFix discussion for TCP error queue /IP_RECVERR on TCP.
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:39:16 +0000 (14:39 +0000)] 
Fix discussion for TCP error queue /IP_RECVERR on TCP.

18 years agoNew system calls in 2.6.17.
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:35:34 +0000 (12:35 +0000)] 
New system calls in 2.6.17.

18 years agoAdded SEE ALSO referring to new splice.2 page.
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:32:48 +0000 (12:32 +0000)] 
Added SEE ALSO referring to new splice.2 page.

18 years agoNote glibc version that added "ldd -u".
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:46:25 +0000 (11:46 +0000)] 
Note glibc version that added "ldd -u".

18 years agoAdded some TZ examples.
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:38:09 +0000 (11:38 +0000)] 
Added some TZ examples.
See Debian bug 386087.

18 years agotfix
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:25:07 +0000 (10:25 +0000)] 
tfix

18 years agoNoted interactions with fork handlers in multithreaded programs.
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 17 Sep 2006 06:21:29 +0000 (06:21 +0000)] 
Noted interactions with fork handlers in multithreaded programs.

18 years agoFix return type in SYNOPSIS; should be "ssize_t" not "mqd_t".
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:17:36 +0000 (11:17 +0000)] 
Fix return type in SYNOPSIS; should be "ssize_t" not "mqd_t".

18 years agoThe PR_SET_NAME setting is not preserved across an execve().
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:08:11 +0000 (14:08 +0000)] 
The PR_SET_NAME setting is not preserved across an execve().

18 years agoNoted effect of RLIMIT_STACK resource limit for NPTL.
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 12 Sep 2006 06:38:38 +0000 (06:38 +0000)] 
Noted effect of RLIMIT_STACK resource limit for NPTL.

18 years agoAdded feature test macros to SYNOPSIS.
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 9 Sep 2006 06:37:43 +0000 (06:37 +0000)] 
Added feature test macros to SYNOPSIS.

18 years agoFix broken text in description.
Michael Kerrisk [Thu, 7 Sep 2006 07:49:41 +0000 (07:49 +0000)] 
Fix broken text in description.

18 years agoFix formula
Michael Kerrisk [Thu, 7 Sep 2006 07:49:22 +0000 (07:49 +0000)] 
Fix formula

18 years agoUpdates FIXMEs.
Michael Kerrisk [Thu, 7 Sep 2006 07:28:56 +0000 (07:28 +0000)] 
Updates FIXMEs.

18 years agos/SUID/set-user-ID/
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 6 Sep 2006 15:23:31 +0000 (15:23 +0000)] 
s/SUID/set-user-ID/
s/SGID/set-group-ID/

18 years agoAdd "#define _GNU_SOURCE" to SYNOPSIS.
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 6 Sep 2006 14:27:38 +0000 (14:27 +0000)] 
Add "#define _GNU_SOURCE" to SYNOPSIS.

18 years agoRemove superfluous "#include <unistd.h>" from SYNOPSIS.
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 6 Sep 2006 13:58:21 +0000 (13:58 +0000)] 
Remove superfluous "#include <unistd.h>" from SYNOPSIS.

18 years agowfix/tfix
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 6 Sep 2006 12:43:19 +0000 (12:43 +0000)] 
wfix/tfix

18 years agoMinor rewording
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 6 Sep 2006 12:38:32 +0000 (12:38 +0000)] 
Minor rewording

18 years agoFix broken text in description.
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 6 Sep 2006 12:33:29 +0000 (12:33 +0000)] 
Fix broken text in description.
See Debian bug 386214.

18 years agoNoted that sync_file_range() appeared in kernel 2.6.17.
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 6 Sep 2006 09:17:14 +0000 (09:17 +0000)] 
Noted that sync_file_range() appeared in kernel 2.6.17.

18 years agoAdded EBUSY error for case where MS_INVALIDATE is applied to a locked region.
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 6 Sep 2006 08:36:15 +0000 (08:36 +0000)] 
Added EBUSY error for case where MS_INVALIDATE is applied to a locked region.

18 years agoAdded some EINVAL errors.
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 6 Sep 2006 04:44:04 +0000 (04:44 +0000)] 
Added some EINVAL errors.

18 years agotfix
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 6 Sep 2006 04:30:53 +0000 (04:30 +0000)] 
tfix

18 years agoAdded note on Linux's old (pre-2.6.12) buggy treatment of length==0.
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 5 Sep 2006 12:24:48 +0000 (12:24 +0000)] 
Added note on Linux's old (pre-2.6.12) buggy treatment of length==0.

18 years agoDocument MADV_REMOVE.
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 5 Sep 2006 11:47:03 +0000 (11:47 +0000)] 
Document MADV_REMOVE.
Document MADV_DONTFORK / MADV_DOFORK.

18 years agoMappings marked with madvise(MADV_DONTFORK) are not inherited by child.
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 5 Sep 2006 11:35:35 +0000 (11:35 +0000)] 
Mappings marked with madvise(MADV_DONTFORK) are not inherited by child.

18 years agotfix
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 5 Sep 2006 10:49:35 +0000 (10:49 +0000)] 
tfix

18 years agoAdded history of maintainers.
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 5 Sep 2006 10:49:01 +0000 (10:49 +0000)] 
Added history of maintainers.

18 years agoadded FIXME
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 5 Sep 2006 08:03:37 +0000 (08:03 +0000)] 
added FIXME

18 years agoStart of 2.41
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 4 Sep 2006 12:38:24 +0000 (12:38 +0000)] 
Start of 2.41

18 years agoStart of 2.41
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 4 Sep 2006 12:36:19 +0000 (12:36 +0000)] 
Start of 2.41

18 years agoReady for 2.40 man-pages-2.40
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 4 Sep 2006 12:32:50 +0000 (12:32 +0000)] 
Ready for 2.40

18 years agoReady for 2.40.
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 4 Sep 2006 12:31:45 +0000 (12:31 +0000)] 
Ready for 2.40.

18 years agoReady for 2.40.
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 4 Sep 2006 12:30:31 +0000 (12:30 +0000)] 
Ready for 2.40.

18 years agoAdded list of process attributes that are not preserved on exec().
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 4 Sep 2006 12:27:37 +0000 (12:27 +0000)] 
Added list of process attributes that are not preserved on exec().

18 years agoUpdate .TH line
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 4 Sep 2006 11:30:36 +0000 (11:30 +0000)] 
Update .TH line

18 years agoGreatly expanded, to describe all attributes that differ in parent and child.
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 4 Sep 2006 11:27:07 +0000 (11:27 +0000)] 
Greatly expanded, to describe all attributes that differ in parent and child.

18 years agoffix
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 4 Sep 2006 11:16:27 +0000 (11:16 +0000)] 
ffix

18 years agoffix
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 4 Sep 2006 09:31:15 +0000 (09:31 +0000)] 
ffix

18 years agowfix/ffix
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 4 Sep 2006 09:26:59 +0000 (09:26 +0000)] 
wfix/ffix

18 years agoRestore SEE ALSO reference to path_resolution.2.
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 4 Sep 2006 09:21:26 +0000 (09:21 +0000)] 
Restore SEE ALSO reference to path_resolution.2.

18 years agoRestore text accidentally deleted in 2.39.
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 4 Sep 2006 09:16:59 +0000 (09:16 +0000)] 
Restore text accidentally deleted in 2.39.

18 years agoUpdated ref to C99.
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 4 Sep 2006 09:09:37 +0000 (09:09 +0000)] 
Updated ref to C99.

18 years agoChange references to "1003.2" to "POSIX.2".
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 4 Sep 2006 09:07:15 +0000 (09:07 +0000)] 
Change references to "1003.2" to "POSIX.2".

18 years agoFix header in example program.
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 4 Sep 2006 09:00:30 +0000 (09:00 +0000)] 
Fix header in example program.

18 years agowfix/tfix
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 4 Sep 2006 08:57:04 +0000 (08:57 +0000)] 
wfix/tfix

18 years agoMemory policy is preserved across execve().
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 4 Sep 2006 08:21:37 +0000 (08:21 +0000)] 
Memory policy is preserved across execve().

18 years agoReinstate text on CLONE_DETACHED, and add a few words.
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 4 Sep 2006 06:57:17 +0000 (06:57 +0000)] 
Reinstate text on CLONE_DETACHED, and add a few words.

18 years agoDocument AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW (new in 2.6.18).
Michael Kerrisk [Thu, 10 Aug 2006 06:39:51 +0000 (06:39 +0000)] 
Document AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW (new in 2.6.18).

18 years agoSEE ALSO should refer to writev.2, not writev.3
Michael Kerrisk [Thu, 10 Aug 2006 05:15:07 +0000 (05:15 +0000)] 
SEE ALSO should refer to writev.2, not writev.3

18 years agowfix
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 9 Aug 2006 15:08:53 +0000 (15:08 +0000)] 
wfix

18 years agotfix
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 9 Aug 2006 13:31:58 +0000 (13:31 +0000)] 
tfix

18 years agoDocument /proc/PID/auxv.
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 9 Aug 2006 09:56:44 +0000 (09:56 +0000)] 
Document /proc/PID/auxv.

18 years agoMinor rewording
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 9 Aug 2006 09:10:24 +0000 (09:10 +0000)] 
Minor rewording

18 years agoMake naming of 'pathname' argument consistent; various minor rewordings.
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 9 Aug 2006 09:08:01 +0000 (09:08 +0000)] 
Make naming of 'pathname' argument consistent; various minor rewordings.

18 years agoffix
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 8 Aug 2006 16:35:21 +0000 (16:35 +0000)] 
ffix

18 years agotfix/wfix
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 8 Aug 2006 16:34:16 +0000 (16:34 +0000)] 
tfix/wfix

18 years agotfix
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 8 Aug 2006 16:26:04 +0000 (16:26 +0000)] 
tfix

18 years agoFix SYNOPSIS and CONFORMING TO text for getwd() and get_current_dir().
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 8 Aug 2006 16:25:48 +0000 (16:25 +0000)] 
Fix SYNOPSIS and CONFORMING TO text for getwd() and get_current_dir().

18 years agoStart of 2.40.
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 5 Aug 2006 04:29:07 +0000 (04:29 +0000)] 
Start of 2.40.

18 years agoStart of 2.40.
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 5 Aug 2006 04:25:57 +0000 (04:25 +0000)] 
Start of 2.40.