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authorRical Jasan <ricaljasan@pacific.net>2016-10-06 12:19:25 +0530
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Manual typos: The Basic Program/System Interface
2016-05-06 Rical Jasan <ricaljasan@pacific.net> * manual/argp.texi: Fix typos in the manual. * manual/getopt.texi: Likewise. * manual/startup.texi: Likewise.
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@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ one program.
Note that we are using a specific definition of ``program'' for the
purposes of this manual, which corresponds to a common definition in the
-context of Unix system. In popular usage, ``program'' enjoys a much
+context of Unix systems. In popular usage, ``program'' enjoys a much
broader definition; it can refer for example to a system's kernel, an
editor macro, a complex package of software, or a discrete section of
code executing within a process.
@@ -228,9 +228,9 @@ available.
@c strncmp dup ok
The @var{optionp} parameter must be a pointer to a variable containing
-the address of the string to process. When the function returns the
+the address of the string to process. When the function returns, the
reference is updated to point to the next suboption or to the
-terminating @samp{\0} character if there is no more suboption available.
+terminating @samp{\0} character if there are no more suboptions available.
The @var{tokens} parameter references an array of strings containing the
known suboptions. All strings must be @samp{\0} terminated and to mark
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ environment. If the environment contains an entry with the key
equivalent to a call to @code{putenv} when the @var{value} part of the
string is empty.
-The function return @code{-1} if @var{name} is a null pointer, points to
+The function returns @code{-1} if @var{name} is a null pointer, points to
an empty string, or points to a string containing a @code{=} character.
It returns @code{0} if the call succeeded.