gen/FreeBSD/ualarm.3.patch

   1 --- _SB/Libc/gen/FreeBSD/ualarm.3       2004-11-25 11:38:02.000000000 -0800
   2 +++ _SB/Libc/gen/FreeBSD/ualarm.3.edit  2006-06-28 16:55:51.000000000 -0700
   3 @@ -43,7 +43,10 @@
   4  .Sh SYNOPSIS
   5  .In unistd.h
   6  .Ft useconds_t
   7 -.Fn ualarm "useconds_t microseconds" "useconds_t interval"
   8 +.Fo ualarm
   9 +.Fa "useconds_t useconds"
  10 +.Fa "useconds_t interval"
  11 +.Fc
  12  .Sh DESCRIPTION
  13  .Bf -symbolic
  14  This is a simplified interface to
  15 @@ -54,7 +57,7 @@
  16  .Fn ualarm
  17  function
  18  waits a count of
  19 -.Fa microseconds
  20 +.Fa useconds
  21  before asserting the terminating signal
  22  .Dv SIGALRM .
  23  System activity or time used in processing the call may cause a slight
  24 @@ -67,17 +70,17 @@
  25  signal will be sent
  26  to the process every
  27  .Fa interval
  28 -microseconds after the timer expires (e.g.\& after
  29 -.Fa microseconds
  30 +microseconds after the timer expires (e.g., after
  31 +.Fa useconds
  32  number of microseconds have passed).
  33  .Pp
  34 -Due to
  35 +Due to a
  36  .Xr setitimer 2
  37 -restriction the maximum number of
  38 -.Fa microseconds
  39 +restriction, the maximum number of
  40 +.Fa useconds
  41  and
  42  .Fa interval
  43 -is limited to 100000000000000
  44 +is limited to 100,000,000,000,000
  45  (in case this value fits in the unsigned integer).
  46  .Sh RETURN VALUES
  47  When the signal has successfully been caught,