summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorChris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com>2018-10-14 00:47:23 -0700
committerMark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>2018-10-14 17:57:50 -0400
commit8cdd3a0773930ca872a13aada7a1344f03bb382b (patch)
tree97f1b81b176c03e89ff450182bc8af06411bfda5
parent1990aa916382d0afcebd5315a6d6f555949ff654 (diff)
downloadguile-8cdd3a0773930ca872a13aada7a1344f03bb382b.tar.gz
Clarify the manual's "Processes" section.
* doc/ref/posix.texi (Processes): Use the phrase "integer status value" consistently, and add a cross-reference to the section of the glibc manual that explains what it is.
-rw-r--r--doc/ref/posix.texi7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ref/posix.texi b/doc/ref/posix.texi
index 1470e5f36..95ee6a501 100644
--- a/doc/ref/posix.texi
+++ b/doc/ref/posix.texi
@@ -1749,13 +1749,14 @@ The return value is a pair containing:
The process ID of the child process, or 0 if @code{WNOHANG} was
specified and no process was collected.
@item
-The integer status value.
+The integer status value (@pxref{Process Completion Status,,, libc, The
+GNU C Library Reference Manual}).
@end enumerate
@end deffn
The following three
-functions can be used to decode the process status code returned
-by @code{waitpid}.
+functions can be used to decode the integer status value returned by
+@code{waitpid}.
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} status:exit-val status
@deffnx {C Function} scm_status_exit_val (status)