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authorRobert Mustacchi <rm@fingolfin.org>2020-05-22 23:01:04 -0700
committerRobert Mustacchi <rm@fingolfin.org>2020-05-26 14:04:53 -0700
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11902 Typos in proc_arg_grab(3PROC)
Reviewed by: Peter Tribble <peter.tribble@gmail.com> Reviewed by: Ryan Zezeski <ryan@zinascii.com> Approved by: Dan McDonald <danmcd@joyent.com>
-rw-r--r--usr/src/man/man3proc/proc_arg_grab.3proc28
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/usr/src/man/man3proc/proc_arg_grab.3proc b/usr/src/man/man3proc/proc_arg_grab.3proc
index 375ba4d67e..9bba2d5981 100644
--- a/usr/src/man/man3proc/proc_arg_grab.3proc
+++ b/usr/src/man/man3proc/proc_arg_grab.3proc
@@ -11,18 +11,18 @@
.\"
.\" Copyright 2015 Joyent, Inc.
.\"
-.Dd May 11, 2016
+.Dd May 22, 2020
.Dt PROC_ARG_GRAB 3PROC
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm proc_arg_grab ,
-.Nm proc_arg_xrgab
+.Nm proc_arg_xgrab
.Nd process grabbing utility function
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Lb libproc
.In libproc.h
.Ft "struct ps_prochandle"
-.Fo proc_arg_grag
+.Fo proc_arg_grab
.Fa "const char *arg"
.Fa "int oflag"
.Fa "int gflag"
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Allows
.Fa arg
to specify core files.
.It PR_ARG_ANY
-Encompasses all of the previous opens.
+Encompasses all of the previous flags.
.El
.Pp
The argument
@@ -96,20 +96,24 @@ If the
.Fa lwps
argument is
.Pf non- Dv NULL ,
-then if there is a thread specification present in
-.Fa arg ,
-it will be validated to see if it is a valid range and then a pointer to
-the start of the thread specification will be stored in
-.Fa lwps .
-For more information on determining process range validity, see
+then the functions will treat any portion of
+.Fa arg
+after a
+.Sq /
+character as a thread range.
+The thread range will be validated as though a call to the
.Xr proc_lwp_range_valid 3PROC
-for more information on valid and invalid tread specifications.
+function had been made, and a pointer to the start of the range will be
+stored in
+.Fa lwps .
+For a discussion of what constitutes a valid thread range, please see
+.Xr proc_lwp_range_valid 3PROC .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, the
.Fn proc_arg_grab
and
.Fn proc_arg_xgrab
-functions return a pointer to the process handle is returned.
+functions return a pointer to the process handle.
Otherwise,
.Dv NULL
is returned and