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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2000-05-21 21:22:28 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2000-05-21 21:22:28 +0000
commit99a206167bd94400d129991e1ec257820eb6df00 (patch)
tree1d6e8a4ee01fffc9c2a25d53d7cf5387d67d3dd8 /manual/sysinfo.texi
parent371071d5735d0909a9f4d7cbe149042b440e3354 (diff)
Update.
2000-05-21 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> * manual/memory.texi: Document memory handling functions. * manual/time.texi: Document timespec and friends. * manual/conf.texi: Fix references. * manual/ctype.texi: Likewise. * manual/errno.texi: Likewise. * manual/intro.texi: Likewise. * manual/locale.texi: Likewise. * manual/sysinfo.texi: Likewise. Patches by Bryan Henderson <bryanh@giraffe-data.com>.
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@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ can make changes.
@menu
* Host Identification:: Determining the name of the machine.
-* Hardware/Software Type ID:: Determining the hardware type of the
- machine and what operating system it is
- running.
+* Platform Type:: Determining operating system and basic
+ machine type
* Filesystem Handling:: Controlling/querying mounts
* System Parameters:: Getting and setting various system parameters
@end menu
@@ -216,8 +215,8 @@ each machine.
@end table
@end deftypefun
-@node Hardware/Software Type ID
-@section Hardware/Software Type Identification
+@node Platform Type
+@section Platform Type Identification
You can use the @code{uname} function to find out some information about
the type of computer your program is running on. This function and the
@@ -308,7 +307,7 @@ possibility.
@node Filesystem Handling
-@section Controlling/querying mounts
+@section Controlling and Querying Mounts
All files are in filesystems, and before you can access any file, its
filesystem must be mounted. Because of Unix's concept of
@@ -337,10 +336,10 @@ gets stored.
@menu
* Mount Information:: What is or could be mounted?
-* Mount/Unmount/Remount:: Controlling what is mounted and how
+* Mount-Unmount-Remount:: Controlling what is mounted and how
@end menu
-@node Mount Information, Mount/Unmount/Remount, , Filesystem Handling
+@node Mount Information, Mount-Unmount-Remount, , Filesystem Handling
For some programs it is desirable and necessary to access information
about whether a certain filesystem is mounted and, if it is, where, or
@@ -756,7 +755,7 @@ without relying on facilities outside the kernel to keep @file{mtab} up
to date.
-@node Mount/Unmount/Remount, , Mount Information, Filesystem Handling
+@node Mount-Unmount-Remount, , Mount Information, Filesystem Handling
This section describes the functions for mounting, unmounting, and
remounting filesystems.
@@ -1187,7 +1186,7 @@ parameters are:
@item
@code{gethostname}, @code{sethostname} (@xref{Host Identification}.)
@item
-@code{uname} (@xref{Hardware/Software Type ID}.)
+@code{uname} (@xref{Platform Type}.)
@item
@code{bdflush}
@end itemize