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Diffstat (limited to 'libguile/posix.c')
-rw-r--r-- | libguile/posix.c | 40 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/libguile/posix.c b/libguile/posix.c index ea406aee1..154d26ad9 100644 --- a/libguile/posix.c +++ b/libguile/posix.c @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_getgroups, "getgroups", 0, 0, 0, SCM_DEFINE (scm_setgroups, "setgroups", 1, 0, 0, (SCM group_vec), "Set the current set of supplementary group IDs to the integers\n" - "in the given vector @var{vec}. The return value is\n" + "in the given vector @var{group_vec}. The return value is\n" "unspecified.\n" "\n" "Generally only the superuser can set the process group IDs.") @@ -335,9 +335,10 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_setgroups, "setgroups", 1, 0, 0, #ifdef HAVE_GETPWENT SCM_DEFINE (scm_getpwuid, "getpw", 0, 1, 0, (SCM user), - "Look up an entry in the user database. @var{obj} can be an integer,\n" - "a string, or omitted, giving the behaviour of getpwuid, getpwnam\n" - "or getpwent respectively.") + "Look up an entry in the user database. @var{user} can be an\n" + "integer, a string, or omitted, giving the behaviour of\n" + "@code{getpwuid}, @code{getpwnam} or @code{getpwent}\n" + "respectively.") #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_getpwuid { struct passwd *entry; @@ -404,9 +405,10 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_setpwent, "setpw", 0, 1, 0, /* Combines getgrgid and getgrnam. */ SCM_DEFINE (scm_getgrgid, "getgr", 0, 1, 0, (SCM name), - "Look up an entry in the group database. @var{obj} can be an integer,\n" - "a string, or omitted, giving the behaviour of getgrgid, getgrnam\n" - "or getgrent respectively.") + "Look up an entry in the group database. @var{name} can be an\n" + "integer, a string, or omitted, giving the behaviour of\n" + "@code{getgrgid}, @code{getgrnam} or @code{getgrent}\n" + "respectively.") #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_getgrgid { struct group *entry; @@ -698,7 +700,7 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_waitpid, "waitpid", 1, 1, 0, "group.\n" "@item @var{pid} less than -1\n" "Request status information for any child process whose process group ID\n" - "is -@var{PID}.\n" + "is -@var{pid}.\n" "@end table\n\n" "The @var{options} argument, if supplied, should be the bitwise OR of the\n" "values of zero or more of the following variables:\n\n" @@ -1122,10 +1124,10 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_tcsetpgrp, "tcsetpgrp", 2, 0, 0, SCM_DEFINE (scm_execl, "execl", 1, 0, 1, (SCM filename, SCM args), - "Executes the file named by @var{path} as a new process image.\n" + "Executes the file named by @var{filename} as a new process image.\n" "The remaining arguments are supplied to the process; from a C program\n" "they are accessible as the @code{argv} argument to @code{main}.\n" - "Conventionally the first @var{arg} is the same as @var{path}.\n" + "Conventionally the first @var{arg} is the same as @var{filename}.\n" "All arguments must be strings.\n\n" "If @var{arg} is missing, @var{path} is executed with a null\n" "argument list, which may have system-dependent side-effects.\n\n" @@ -1359,7 +1361,7 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_utime, "utime", 1, 5, 0, (SCM pathname, SCM actime, SCM modtime, SCM actimens, SCM modtimens, SCM flags), "@code{utime} sets the access and modification times for the\n" - "file named by @var{path}. If @var{actime} or @var{modtime} is\n" + "file named by @var{pathname}. If @var{actime} or @var{modtime} is\n" "not supplied, then the current time is used. @var{actime} and\n" "@var{modtime} must be integer time values as returned by the\n" "@code{current-time} procedure.\n\n" @@ -1461,14 +1463,14 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_getpid, "getpid", 0, 0, 0, SCM_DEFINE (scm_putenv, "putenv", 1, 0, 0, (SCM str), - "Modifies the environment of the current process, which is\n" - "also the default environment inherited by child processes.\n\n" - "If @var{string} is of the form @code{NAME=VALUE} then it will be written\n" - "directly into the environment, replacing any existing environment string\n" - "with\n" - "name matching @code{NAME}. If @var{string} does not contain an equal\n" - "sign, then any existing string with name matching @var{string} will\n" - "be removed.\n\n" + "Modifies the environment of the current process, which is also\n" + "the default environment inherited by child processes. If\n" + "@var{str} is of the form @code{NAME=VALUE} then it will be\n" + "written directly into the environment, replacing any existing\n" + "environment string with name matching @code{NAME}. If\n" + "@var{str} does not contain an equal sign, then any existing\n" + "string with name matching @var{str} will be removed.\n" + "\n" "The return value is unspecified.") #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_putenv { |