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[src/trunk]: src/lib/libc/gen Fix Nd; use In instead of Fd; grammar fixes.
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/5383b8987352
branches: trunk
changeset: 551676:5383b8987352
user: wiz <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Wed Sep 10 09:16:45 2003 +0000
description:
Fix Nd; use In instead of Fd; grammar fixes.
diffstat:
lib/libc/gen/randomid.3 | 31 +++++++++++++++----------------
1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diffs (90 lines):
diff -r e0ce3b58ca93 -r 5383b8987352 lib/libc/gen/randomid.3
--- a/lib/libc/gen/randomid.3 Wed Sep 10 08:44:31 2003 +0000
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/randomid.3 Wed Sep 10 09:16:45 2003 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: randomid.3,v 1.1 2003/09/09 22:10:34 itojun Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: randomid.3,v 1.2 2003/09/10 09:16:45 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (C) 2003 WIDE Project.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@
.Nm randomid
.Nm randomid_new ,
.Nm randomid_delete ,
-.Nd make a copy of a struct passwd
+.Nd provide pseudo-random data stream without repetitions
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
-.Fd #include <randomid.h>
+.In sys/types.h
+.In randomid.h
.Ft u_int32_t
.Fn randomid "randomid_t ctx"
.Ft randomid_t
@@ -53,30 +53,29 @@
.Fa ctx
is the context which holds internal state for the random number generator.
.Pp
-To initialize context
+To initialize a context,
.Fa randomid_new
is used.
.Fa bits
-specifies the bitwidth of value generated by
+specifies the bitwidth of the value generated by
.Fn randomid .
-Currently 32, 20 and 16 are supported.
+Currently 32, 20, and 16 are supported.
.Fa timeo
-specifies reinitialization interval in seconds.
+specifies the reinitialization interval in seconds.
.Fa timeo
has to be bigger than
.Dv RANDOMID_TIMEO_MIN .
-Return value of
.Fa randomid_new
-is a dynamically-allocated memory region allocated by
+returns a dynamically-allocated memory region allocated by
.Xr malloc 3 .
.Pp
.Fn randomid_delete
will
.Xr free 3
-the internal state,
+the internal state
.Fa ctx .
.Pp
-Same number may appear after two reinitialization events of the internal state,
+The same number may appear after two reinitialization events of the internal state,
.Fa ctx .
Reinitialization happens when the random number generator cycle is exhausted,
or
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@
.Fa timeo
seconds
.Pc ,
-therefore same data will not appear until after 36000 calls to
+therefore the same data will not appear until after 36000 calls to
.Fn randomid
.Po
or after 2 times
@@ -111,8 +110,8 @@
.\"
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Bd -literal -offset indent
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <randomid.h>
+#include \*[Lt]sys/types.h\*[Gt]
+#include \*[Lt]randomid.h\*[Gt]
u_int32_t
genid(void)
@@ -129,7 +128,7 @@
.Fn randomid_new
returns
.Dv NULL
-on error and set the external variable
+on error and sets the external variable
.Va errno .
.\"
.Sh SEE ALSO
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