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diff --git a/bsd/man/man2/gettimeofday.2 b/bsd/man/man2/gettimeofday.2
index febc61dcdba4275af1d94dc15ea2fb5dcd18d74c..67f2760c63ce804defdc9f7190994d4880e3b86a 100644 (file)
--- a/bsd/man/man2/gettimeofday.2
+++ b/bsd/man/man2/gettimeofday.2
@@ -43,9 +43,15 @@
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Fd #include <sys/time.h>
 .Ft int
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Fd #include <sys/time.h>
 .Ft int

-.Fn gettimeofday "struct timeval *tp" "struct timezone *tzp"
+.Fo gettimeofday
+.Fa "struct timeval *restrict tp"
+.Fa "void *restrict tzp"
+.Fc

 .Ft int
 .Ft int

-.Fn settimeofday "const struct timeval *tp" "const struct timezone *tzp"
+.Fo settimeofday
+.Fa "const struct timeval *tp"
+.Fa "const struct timezone *tzp"
+.Fc

 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Bf -symbolic
 Note: timezone is no longer used; this information is kept outside
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Bf -symbolic
 Note: timezone is no longer used; this information is kept outside


@@ -77,8 +83,8 @@ as:
 .Pp
 .Bd -literal
 struct timeval {
 .Pp
 .Bd -literal
 struct timeval {

-       long    tv_sec;         /* seconds since Jan. 1, 1970 */
-       long    tv_usec;        /* and microseconds */
+       time_t       tv_sec;   /* seconds since Jan. 1, 1970 */
+       suseconds_t  tv_usec;  /* and microseconds */

 };
 
 struct timezone {
 };
 
 struct timezone {


@@ -88,6 +94,14 @@ struct timezone {
 .Ed
 .Pp
 The 
 .Ed
 .Pp
 The 

+.Fa timeval
+structure specifies a time value in seconds and microseconds.
+The values in
+.Fa timeval
+are opaque types whose length may vary on different machines;
+depending on them to have any given length may lead to errors.
+.Pp
+The 

 .Fa timezone
 structure indicates the local time zone
 (measured in minutes of time westward from Greenwich),
 .Fa timezone
 structure indicates the local time zone
 (measured in minutes of time westward from Greenwich),


@@ -118,10 +132,24 @@ An argument address referenced invalid memory.
 .It Bq Er EPERM
 A user other than the super-user attempted to set the time.
 .El
 .It Bq Er EPERM
 A user other than the super-user attempted to set the time.
 .El

+.Sh LEGACY SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <sys/time.h>
+.Pp
+.Ft int
+.br
+.Fo gettimeofday
+.Fa "struct timeval *tp"
+.Fa "struct timezone *tzp"
+.Fc ;
+.Pp
+The type of
+.Fa tzp
+has changed.

 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr date 1 ,
 .Xr adjtime 2 ,
 .Xr ctime 3 ,
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr date 1 ,
 .Xr adjtime 2 ,
 .Xr ctime 3 ,

+.Xr compat 5 ,

 .Xr timed 8
 .Sh HISTORY
 The
 .Xr timed 8
 .Sh HISTORY
 The