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diff --git a/manual/sysinfo.texi b/manual/sysinfo.texi index bf8b138dad..1733bc3b58 100644 --- a/manual/sysinfo.texi +++ b/manual/sysinfo.texi @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ this array, in bytes. Note that this is @emph{not} the DNS hostname. If the system participates in DNS, this is the FQDN (see above). The return value is @code{0} on success and @code{-1} on failure. In -the GNU C library, @code{gethostname} fails if @var{size} is not large +@theglibc{}, @code{gethostname} fails if @var{size} is not large enough; then you can try again with a larger array. The following @code{errno} error condition is defined for this function: @@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ system. This is a description of the type of hardware that is in use. Some systems provide a mechanism to interrogate the kernel directly for -this information. On systems without such a mechanism, the GNU C -library fills in this field based on the configuration name that was +this information. On systems without such a mechanism, @theglibc{} +fills in this field based on the configuration name that was specified when building and installing the library. GNU uses a three-part name to describe a system configuration; the three @@ -276,8 +276,8 @@ hardware, it consists of the first two parts of the configuration name: @end quotation @item char nodename[] -This is the host name of this particular computer. In the GNU C -library, the value is the same as that returned by @code{gethostname}; +This is the host name of this particular computer. In @theglibc{}, +the value is the same as that returned by @code{gethostname}; see @ref{Host Identification}. @ gethostname() is implemented with a call to uname(). @@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ gets stored. For some programs it is desirable and necessary to access information about whether a certain filesystem is mounted and, if it is, where, or -simply to get lists of all the available filesystems. The GNU libc +simply to get lists of all the available filesystems. @Theglibc{} provides some functions to retrieve this information portably. Traditionally Unix systems have a file named @file{/etc/fstab} which @@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ related to the @code{dump} utility used on Unix systems. @end deftp -To read the entire content of the of the @file{fstab} file the GNU libc +To read the entire content of the of the @file{fstab} file @theglibc{} contains a set of three functions which are designed in the usual way. @comment fstab.h @@ -634,8 +634,8 @@ which is uninteresting for all programs beside @code{dump}. For accessing the @file{mtab} file there is again a set of three functions to access all entries in a row. Unlike the functions to handle @file{fstab} these functions do not access a fixed file and there -is even a thread safe variant of the get function. Beside this the GNU -libc contains functions to alter the file and test for specific options. +is even a thread safe variant of the get function. Beside this @theglibc +contains functions to alter the file and test for specific options. @comment mntent.h @comment BSD @@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ cat /proc/sys/vm/freepages @c possible to create a sysctl-only parameter. Some more traditional and more widely available, though less general, -GNU C library functions for getting and setting some of the same system +@glibcadj{} functions for getting and setting some of the same system parameters are: @itemize @bullet |