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From: Bo Borgerson <gigabo-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: [PATCH] sem_overview.7: Fix typo (semget => shmget)
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:01:01 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BB15B5D.7050706@gmail.com> (raw)

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Hi,

The sem_overview(7) man page makes reference to "a System V shared 
memory segment created using semget(2)".  Was this intended to be 
"shmget(2)"?

Please see attached patch against current git master.

Thanks,

Bo

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>From cc406c10dd443f79e9073f053619a9c475ec97ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bo Borgerson <gigabo-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:12:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] sem_overview.7: Fix typo (semget => shmget)

In reference to creation of a SysV shared memory segment.
---
 man7/sem_overview.7 |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man7/sem_overview.7 b/man7/sem_overview.7
index ef354fe..fb706d2 100644
--- a/man7/sem_overview.7
+++ b/man7/sem_overview.7
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ A thread-shared semaphore is placed in an area of memory shared
 between by the threads of a process, for example, a global variable.
 A process-shared semaphore must be placed in a shared memory region
 (e.g., a System V shared memory segment created using
-.BR semget (2),
+.BR shmget (2),
 or a POSIX shared memory object built created using
 .BR shm_open (3)).
 
-- 
1.6.3.3


             reply	other threads:[~2010-03-30  2:01 UTC|newest]

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2010-03-30  2:01 Bo Borgerson [this message]
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2010-05-22  6:54   ` [PATCH] sem_overview.7: Fix typo (semget => shmget) Michael Kerrisk

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