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diff --git a/usr/src/man/man2/poll.2 b/usr/src/man/man2/poll.2 index 20036d28de..f91d8b017d 100644 --- a/usr/src/man/man2/poll.2 +++ b/usr/src/man/man2/poll.2 @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ '\" te .\" Copyright 1989 AT&T Copyright (c) 2001, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved Portions Copyright (c) 1992, X/Open Company Limited All Rights Reserved -.\" Sun Microsystems, Inc. gratefully acknowledges The Open Group for permission to reproduce portions of its copyrighted documentation. Original documentation from The Open Group can be obtained online at +.\" Sun Microsystems, Inc. gratefully acknowledges The Open Group for permission to reproduce portions of its copyrighted documentation. Original documentation from The Open Group can be obtained online at .\" http://www.opengroup.org/bookstore/. .\" The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and The Open Group, have given us permission to reprint portions of their documentation. 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If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner] -.TH poll 2 "23 Aug 2001" "SunOS 5.11" "System Calls" +.TH POLL 2 "Aug 23, 2001" .SH NAME poll \- input/output multiplexing .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -50,106 +50,88 @@ The \fBfd\fR member specifies an open file descriptor and the \fBevents\fR and of any combination of the following event flags: .sp .ne 2 -.mk .na \fB\fBPOLLIN\fR\fR .ad .RS 14n -.rt Data other than high priority data may be read without blocking. For streams, this flag is set in \fBrevents\fR even if the message is of zero length. .RE .sp .ne 2 -.mk .na \fB\fBPOLLRDNORM\fR\fR .ad .RS 14n -.rt Normal data (priority band equals 0) may be read without blocking. For streams, this flag is set in \fBrevents\fR even if the message is of zero length. .RE .sp .ne 2 -.mk .na \fB\fBPOLLRDBAND\fR\fR .ad .RS 14n -.rt Data from a non-zero priority band may be read without blocking. For streams, this flag is set in \fBrevents\fR even if the message is of zero length. .RE .sp .ne 2 -.mk .na \fB\fBPOLLPRI\fR\fR .ad .RS 14n -.rt High priority data may be received without blocking. For streams, this flag is set in \fBrevents\fR even if the message is of zero length. .RE .sp .ne 2 -.mk .na \fB\fBPOLLOUT\fR\fR .ad .RS 14n -.rt Normal data (priority band equals 0) may be written without blocking. .RE .sp .ne 2 -.mk .na \fB\fBPOLLWRNORM\fR\fR .ad .RS 14n -.rt The same as \fBPOLLOUT\fR. .RE .sp .ne 2 -.mk .na \fB\fBPOLLWRBAND\fR\fR .ad .RS 14n -.rt Priority data (priority band > 0) may be written. This event only examines bands that have been written to at least once. .RE .sp .ne 2 -.mk .na \fB\fBPOLLERR\fR\fR .ad .RS 14n -.rt An error has occurred on the device or stream. This flag is only valid in the \fBrevents\fR bitmask; it is not used in the \fBevents\fR member. .RE .sp .ne 2 -.mk .na \fB\fBPOLLHUP\fR\fR .ad .RS 14n -.rt A hangup has occurred on the stream. This event and \fBPOLLOUT\fR are mutually exclusive; a stream can never be writable if a hangup has occurred. However, this event and \fBPOLLIN\fR, \fBPOLLRDNORM\fR, \fBPOLLRDBAND\fR, or @@ -159,12 +141,10 @@ this event and \fBPOLLIN\fR, \fBPOLLRDNORM\fR, \fBPOLLRDBAND\fR, or .sp .ne 2 -.mk .na \fB\fBPOLLNVAL\fR\fR .ad .RS 14n -.rt The specified \fBfd\fR value does not belong to an open file. This flag is only valid in the \fBrevents\fR member; it is not used in the \fBevents\fR member. .RE @@ -225,46 +205,38 @@ indicate the error. The \fBpoll()\fR function will fail if: .sp .ne 2 -.mk .na \fB\fBEAGAIN\fR\fR .ad .RS 10n -.rt Allocation of internal data structures failed, but the request may be attempted again. .RE .sp .ne 2 -.mk .na \fB\fBEFAULT\fR\fR .ad .RS 10n -.rt Some argument points to an illegal address. .RE .sp .ne 2 -.mk .na \fB\fBEINTR\fR\fR .ad .RS 10n -.rt A signal was caught during the \fBpoll()\fR function. .RE .sp .ne 2 -.mk .na \fB\fBEINVAL\fR\fR .ad .RS 10n -.rt The argument \fInfds\fR is greater than \fB{OPEN_MAX}\fR, or one of the \fBfd\fR members refers to a stream or multiplexer that is linked (directly or indirectly) downstream from a multiplexer. @@ -278,13 +250,12 @@ See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: .sp .TS -tab() box; -cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) -lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) -. -ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE +box; +c | c +l | l . +ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE _ -Interface StabilityStandard +Interface Stability Standard .TE .SH SEE ALSO |