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authorJoseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>2012-02-28 14:44:20 +0000
committerJoseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>2012-02-28 14:44:20 +0000
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Use Texinfo macros to refer to the GNU C Library within the manual.
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@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ until the subprogram terminates before you can do anything else.
@comment ISO
@deftypefun int system (const char *@var{command})
@pindex sh
-This function executes @var{command} as a shell command. In the GNU C
-library, it always uses the default shell @code{sh} to run the command.
+This function executes @var{command} as a shell command. In @theglibc{},
+it always uses the default shell @code{sh} to run the command.
In particular, it searches the directories in @code{PATH} to find
programs to execute. The return value is @code{-1} if it wasn't
possible to create the shell process, and otherwise is the status of the
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ program should include the header files @file{unistd.h} and
@comment POSIX.1
@deftp {Data Type} pid_t
The @code{pid_t} data type is a signed integer type which is capable
-of representing a process ID. In the GNU library, this is an @code{int}.
+of representing a process ID. In @theglibc{}, this is an @code{int}.
@end deftp
@comment unistd.h
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ do a long jump out of) the function that called @code{vfork}! This
would leave the parent process's control information very confused. If
in doubt, use @code{fork} instead.
-Some operating systems don't really implement @code{vfork}. The GNU C
-library permits you to use @code{vfork} on all systems, but actually
+Some operating systems don't really implement @code{vfork}. @Theglibc{}
+permits you to use @code{vfork} on all systems, but actually
executes @code{fork} if @code{vfork} isn't available. If you follow
the proper precautions for using @code{vfork}, your program will still
work even if the system uses @code{fork} instead.
@@ -694,11 +694,11 @@ signal number of the signal that caused the child process to stop.
@node BSD Wait Functions
@section BSD Process Wait Functions
-The GNU library also provides these related facilities for compatibility
+@Theglibc{} also provides these related facilities for compatibility
with BSD Unix. BSD uses the @code{union wait} data type to represent
status values rather than an @code{int}. The two representations are
-actually interchangeable; they describe the same bit patterns. The GNU
-C Library defines macros such as @code{WEXITSTATUS} so that they will
+actually interchangeable; they describe the same bit patterns. @Theglibc{}
+defines macros such as @code{WEXITSTATUS} so that they will
work on either kind of object, and the @code{wait} function is defined
to accept either type of pointer as its @var{status-ptr} argument.