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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/os.xml | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/pg2.xml | 10 |
3 files changed, 23 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml index dcb9640dcf..338d62e82b 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml @@ -1693,9 +1693,9 @@ <desc> <p>Makes sure that any buffers kept by the operating system (not by the Erlang runtime system) are written to disk. In - many ways it's resembles fsync but it not requires to update - some of file's metadata such as the access time. On - some platforms, this function might have no effect.</p> + many ways it resembles fsync but it does not update + some of the file's metadata such as the access time. On + some platforms this function has no effect.</p> <p>Applications that access databases or log files often write a tiny data fragment (e.g., one line in a log file) and then call fsync() immediately in order to ensure that the written @@ -1703,11 +1703,11 @@ will always initiate two write operations: one for the newly written data and another one in order to update the modification time stored in the inode. If the modification time is not a part - of the transaction concept fdatasync() can be used to avoid + of the transaction concept, fdatasync() can be used to avoid unnecessary inode disk write operations.</p> - <p>Available only in some POSIX systems. This call results in a - call to fsync(), or has no effect, in systems not implementing - the fdatasync syscall.</p> + <p>Available only in some POSIX systems, this call results in a + call to fsync(), or has no effect in systems not implementing + the fdatasync() syscall.</p> </desc> </func> <func> diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/os.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/os.xml index 2b57e75023..8b85f24455 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/os.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/os.xml @@ -100,6 +100,19 @@ DirOut = os:cmd("dir"), % on Win32 platform</code> </desc> </func> <func> + <name name="getenv" arity="2"/> + <fsummary>Get the value of an environment variable</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns the <c><anno>Value</anno></c> of the environment variable + <c><anno>VarName</anno></c>, or <c>DefaultValue</c> if the environment variable + is undefined.</p> + <p>If Unicode file name encoding is in effect (see the <seealso + marker="erts:erl#file_name_encoding">erl manual + page</seealso>), the strings (both <c><anno>VarName</anno></c> and + <c><anno>Value</anno></c>) may contain characters with codepoints > 255.</p> + </desc> + </func> + <func> <name name="getpid" arity="0"/> <fsummary>Return the process identifier of the emulator process</fsummary> <desc> diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/pg2.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/pg2.xml index 5eb63c1ef6..35cf85470a 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/pg2.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/pg2.xml @@ -34,11 +34,8 @@ <module>pg2</module> <modulesummary>Distributed Named Process Groups</modulesummary> <description> - <p>This module implements process groups. The groups in this - module differ from the groups in the module <c>pg</c> in several - ways. In <c>pg</c>, each message is sent to all members in the - group. In this module, each message may be sent to one, some, or - all members. + <p>This module implements process groups. Each message may be sent + to one, some, or all members of the group. </p> <p>A group of processes can be accessed by a common name. For example, if there is a group named <c>foobar</c>, there can be a @@ -160,8 +157,7 @@ <section> <title>See Also</title> - <p><seealso marker="kernel_app">kernel(6)</seealso>, - <seealso marker="stdlib:pg">pg(3)</seealso></p> + <p><seealso marker="kernel_app">kernel(6)</seealso></p> </section> </erlref> |