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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1998-04-03 06:54:27 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1998-04-03 06:54:27 (GMT)
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Fix one typo.
Add a manpage reference. Add an index entry.
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@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ The module defines the following functions:
Perform the requested operation on file descriptor \var{fd}.
The operation is defined by \var{op} and is operating system
dependent. Typically these codes can be retrieved from the library
- module \module{FCNTL}. The argument \var{arg} is optional, and
- defaults to the integer value \code{0}. When
- it is present, it can either be an integer value, or a string. With
+ module \module{FCNTL}\refstmodindex{FCNTL}. The argument \var{arg}
+ is optional, and defaults to the integer value \code{0}. When
+ present, it can either be an integer value, or a string. With
the argument missing or an integer value, the return value of this
function is the integer return value of the \C{} \cfunction{fcntl()}
call. When the argument is a string it represents a binary
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ The module defines the following functions:
\begin{funcdesc}{flock}{fd, op}
Perform the lock operation \var{op} on file descriptor \var{fd}.
-See the \UNIX{} manual for details. (On some systems, this function is
-emulated using \function{fcntl()}.)
+See the \UNIX{} manual \manpage{flock}{3} for details. (On some
+systems, this function is emulated using \cfunction{fcntl()}.)
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{lockf}{fd, code, \optional{len, \optional{start, \optional{whence}}}}
@@ -70,6 +70,6 @@ rv = fcntl(file.fileno(), FCNTL.F_SETLKW, lockdata)
Note that in the first example the return value variable \code{rv} will
hold an integer value; in the second example it will hold a string
-value. The structure lay-out for the \var{lockadata} variable is
+value. The structure lay-out for the \var{lockdata} variable is
system dependent --- therefore using the \function{flock()} call may be
better.