From e9dd9f9547350c7dc0473583b5c2228dc8f0ab76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jason St. John" Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 21:51:44 +0200 Subject: man: improve grammar and word formatting in numerous man pages Use proper grammar, word usage, adjective hyphenation, commas, capitalization, spelling, etc. To improve readability, some run-on sentences or sentence fragments were revised. [zj: remove the space from 'file name', 'host name', and 'time zone'.] --- man/sd_journal_get_realtime_usec.xml | 20 ++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) (limited to 'man/sd_journal_get_realtime_usec.xml') diff --git a/man/sd_journal_get_realtime_usec.xml b/man/sd_journal_get_realtime_usec.xml index e7e4e4e4d1..8870c29e30 100644 --- a/man/sd_journal_get_realtime_usec.xml +++ b/man/sd_journal_get_realtime_usec.xml @@ -73,27 +73,27 @@ sd_journal_get_realtime_usec() gets the realtime (wallclock) timestamp of the - current journal entry. It takes two arguments: the - journal context object and a pointer to a 64 Bit + current journal entry. It takes two arguments: the + journal context object and a pointer to a 64-bit unsigned integer to store the timestamp in. The timestamp is in microseconds since the epoch, i.e. CLOCK_REALTIME. sd_journal_get_monotonic_usec() gets the monotonic timestamp of the current journal - entry. It takes three arguments: the journal context - object, a pointer to a 64 Bit unsigned integer to - store the timestamp in as well as a 128 Bit ID buffer - to store the boot ID of the monotonic timestamp - in. The timestamp is in microseconds since boot-up of + entry. It takes three arguments: the journal context + object, a pointer to a 64-bit unsigned integer to + store the timestamp in, as well as a 128-bit ID buffer + to store the boot ID of the monotonic timestamp. + The timestamp is in microseconds since boot-up of the specific boot, i.e. CLOCK_MONOTONIC. Since the - monotonic clock begins new with every reboot it only + monotonic clock begins new with every reboot, it only defines a well-defined point in time when used - together with an identifier identifying the boot, see + together with an identifier identifying the boot. See sd_id128_get_boot3 for more information. If the boot ID parameter is - passed NULL the function will + passed NULL, the function will fail if the monotonic timestamp of the current entry is not of the current system boot. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf