Module Name: src
Committed By: jruoho
Date: Tue May 18 07:14:18 UTC 2010
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/sys: gettimeofday.2
Log Message:
Refer to timeval(3) and only describe the legacy struct timezone here.
Improve markup.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.26 -r1.27 src/lib/libc/sys/gettimeofday.2
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Index: src/lib/libc/sys/gettimeofday.2
diff -u src/lib/libc/sys/gettimeofday.2:1.26 src/lib/libc/sys/gettimeofday.2:1.27
--- src/lib/libc/sys/gettimeofday.2:1.26 Fri Jan 16 10:52:07 2009
+++ src/lib/libc/sys/gettimeofday.2 Tue May 18 07:14:18 2010
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: gettimeofday.2,v 1.26 2009/01/16 10:52:07 drochner Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: gettimeofday.2,v 1.27 2010/05/18 07:14:18 jruoho Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)gettimeofday.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 5/26/95
.\"
-.Dd January 16, 2009
+.Dd May 18, 2010
.Dt GETTIMEOFDAY 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@
The time is expressed in seconds and microseconds
since midnight (0 hour), January 1, 1970.
The resolution of the system clock is hardware dependent,
-and the time may be updated continuously or in ``ticks.''
+and the time may be updated continuously or in
+.Dq ticks .
+.Pp
If
.Fa tp
is NULL, the time will not be returned or set.
@@ -76,15 +78,11 @@
and
.Fa tzp
are defined in
-.Ao Pa sys/time.h Ac
-as:
-.Pp
-.Bd -literal
-struct timeval {
- time_t tv_sec; /* seconds since Jan. 1, 1970 */
- suseconds_t tv_usec; /* and microseconds */
-};
-
+.In sys/time.h .
+The first one is described in
+.Xr timeval 3
+and the latter legacy structure is defined as:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
struct timezone {
int tz_minuteswest; /* of Greenwich */
int tz_dsttime; /* type of dst correction to apply */
@@ -123,8 +121,8 @@
.\" .Xr adjtime 2
.\" system call even when the system is secure.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
-A 0 return value indicates that the call succeeded.
-A \-1 return value indicates an error occurred, and in this
+A return value 0 indicates that the call succeeded.
+A return value \-1 indicates an error occurred, and in this
case an error code is stored into the global variable
.Va errno .
.Sh ERRORS
