Re: [PATCH 1/3] clone.2: Fix typos

From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
Date: Sun Nov 17 2019 - 13:00:39 EST


On 11/16/19 12:41 PM, Christian Brauner wrote:
> From: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, Christian,

Patch applied.

Cheers,

Michael


> Fix two spelling mistakes in manpage describing the clone{2,3}()
> syscalls/syscall wrappers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> man2/clone.2 | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/man2/clone.2 b/man2/clone.2
> index f67a60067..57a9eaba7 100644
> --- a/man2/clone.2
> +++ b/man2/clone.2
> @@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ create a new ("child") process, in a manner similar to
> .PP
> By contrast with
> .BR fork (2),
> -these system cals provide more precise control over what pieces of execution
> +these system calls provide more precise control over what pieces of execution
> context are shared between the calling process and the child process.
> For example, using these system calls, the caller can control whether
> or not the two processes share the virtual address space,
> the table of file descriptors, and the table of signal handlers.
> -These system calls also allow the new child process to placed
> +These system calls also allow the new child process to be placed
> in separate
> .BR namespaces (7).
> .PP
>
> base-commit: 91243dad42a7a62df73e3b1dfbb810adc1b8b654
>


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