Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 01:27:44 +0000 (UTC) From: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r276802 - head/lib/libc/gen Message-ID: <201501080127.t081Ri85035157@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: rodrigc Date: Thu Jan 8 01:27:43 2015 New Revision: 276802 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/276802 Log: Clarify text to be consistent with nanosleep(2), since sleep(3) is implemented in terms of nanosleep(2). This is similar to the sleep(3) man page for Darwin. Modified: head/lib/libc/gen/sleep.3 Modified: head/lib/libc/gen/sleep.3 ============================================================================== --- head/lib/libc/gen/sleep.3 Thu Jan 8 00:39:40 2015 (r276801) +++ head/lib/libc/gen/sleep.3 Thu Jan 8 01:27:43 2015 (r276802) @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ .Os .Sh NAME .Nm sleep -.Nd suspend process execution for an interval measured in seconds +.Nd suspend thread execution for an interval measured in seconds .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc .Sh SYNOPSIS @@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn sleep -function suspends execution of the calling process until either +function suspends execution of the calling thread until either .Fa seconds -seconds have elapsed or a signal is delivered to the process and its +seconds have elapsed or a signal is delivered to the thread and its action is to invoke a signal-catching function or to terminate the -process. +thread or process. System activity may lengthen the sleep by an indeterminate amount. .Pp This function is implemented using
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