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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2007-07-10 19:24:48 +0000
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2007-07-10 19:24:48 +0000
commit7a63e1d7bea7799cfd35792b6230a8ce3e46f36f (patch)
tree541e488265d934507debdbe0c78230e74e7d05a7
parenta1ae5958d3f22bf95a72ee8d9bbfbbaa6c904313 (diff)
ffix
-rw-r--r--man2/chroot.22
-rw-r--r--man2/mremap.23
-rw-r--r--man2/time.22
-rw-r--r--man3/catopen.32
4 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man2/chroot.2 b/man2/chroot.2
index 22ff3a03..2b57ee36 100644
--- a/man2/chroot.2
+++ b/man2/chroot.2
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ chroot \- change root directory
.BR chroot ()
changes the root directory to that specified in
.IR path .
-This directory will be used for pathnames beginning with /.
+This directory will be used for pathnames beginning with \fB/\fP.
The root directory is inherited by all children of the current process.
Only a privileged process (Linux: one with the
diff --git a/man2/mremap.2 b/man2/mremap.2
index 4ac26ce0..83deca62 100644
--- a/man2/mremap.2
+++ b/man2/mremap.2
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ On success
returns a pointer to the new virtual memory area.
On error, the value
.B MAP_FAILED
-(that is, (void *) \-1) is returned, and \fIerrno\fR is set appropriately.
+(that is, \fB(void *) \-1)\fP is returned,
+and \fIerrno\fR is set appropriately.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EAGAIN
diff --git a/man2/time.2 b/man2/time.2
index 27220f7e..642421f9 100644
--- a/man2/time.2
+++ b/man2/time.2
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ the return value is also stored in the memory pointed to by
.IR t .
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
On success, the value of time in seconds since the Epoch is returned.
-On error, ((time_t)\-1) is returned, and \fIerrno\fP is set
+On error, \fI((time_t)\-1)\fP is returned, and \fIerrno\fP is set
appropriately.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
diff --git a/man3/catopen.3 b/man3/catopen.3
index fae0b787..44e59fb0 100644
--- a/man3/catopen.3
+++ b/man3/catopen.3
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ The function
returns a message catalog descriptor of type
.I nl_catd
on success.
-On failure, it returns (nl_catd) \-1
+On failure, it returns \fI(nl_catd) \-1\fP
and sets
.I errno
to indicate the error.