From 49c9ac30a418787998b118e21e571cf35dbdffe7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:02:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed minor markup nits for consistency with the rest of the library reference. --- Doc/lib/libstat.tex | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstat.tex b/Doc/lib/libstat.tex index 5243a656995..e5906883b5f 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libstat.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libstat.tex @@ -117,11 +117,11 @@ The interpretation of ``file size'' changes according to the file type. For plain files this is the size of the file in bytes. For FIFOs and sockets under most Unixes (including Linux in particular), the ``size'' is the number of bytes waiting to be read at the time of -the stat(2)/fstat(2)/lstat(2) call; this can sometimes be useful, -especially for polling one of these special files after a non-blocking -open. The meaning of the size field for other character and block -devices varies more, depending on the local implementation of the -underlying system call. +the call to \function{os.stat()}, \function{os.fstat()}, or +\function{os.lstat()}; this can sometimes be useful, especially for +polling one of these special files after a non-blocking open. The +meaning of the size field for other character and block devices varies +more, depending on the implementation of the underlying system call. Example: