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Date:      Mon, 27 Feb 2023 15:41:58 GMT
From:      Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   git: 6e9b4e3e0d4e - main - man 3 daemon: remove double negation
Message-ID:  <202302271541.31RFfwAm081470@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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The branch main has been updated by imp:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=6e9b4e3e0d4eb230586844c25bacb0620496c73b

commit 6e9b4e3e0d4eb230586844c25bacb0620496c73b
Author:     Ihor Antonov <ihor@antonovs.family>
AuthorDate: 2023-02-27 15:37:41 +0000
Commit:     Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2023-02-27 15:40:08 +0000

    man 3 daemon: remove double negation
    
    Rephrase double negated sentences to improve readability
    OpenBSD has done the same in the past to their man 3 daemon
    
    Reviewed by: imp
    Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/671
---
 lib/libc/gen/daemon.3 | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/daemon.3 b/lib/libc/gen/daemon.3
index f4129fc47144..bc346e022d4f 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/daemon.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/daemon.3
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\"	@(#)daemon.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd December 23, 2017
+.Dd February 27, 2023
 .Dt DAEMON 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -48,18 +48,18 @@ The
 function is for programs wishing to detach themselves from the
 controlling terminal and run in the background as system daemons.
 .Pp
-Unless the argument
+If the argument
 .Fa nochdir
-is non-zero,
+is zero,
 .Fn daemon
 changes the current working directory to the root
 .Pq Pa / .
 .Pp
-Unless the argument
+If the argument
 .Fa noclose
-is non-zero,
+is zero,
 .Fn daemon
-will redirect standard input, standard output, and standard error to
+redirects standard input, standard output, and standard error to
 .Pa /dev/null .
 .Pp
 The



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