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authorAxel Beckert <abe@deuxchevaux.org>2022-04-11 00:17:48 +0200
committerAxel Beckert <abe@deuxchevaux.org>2022-04-11 00:17:48 +0200
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parent6e55c920503071e917619b8cb1a188cd35d772db (diff)
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New upstream version 5.8.1.2-test
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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/mod_system.yo b/Doc/Zsh/mod_system.yo
index 6292af071..884c3e753 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/mod_system.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/mod_system.yo
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ suppress updating of the file atime
item(tt(nofollow))(
fail if var(file) is a symbolic link
)
+item(tt(nonblock))(
+the file is opened in nonblocking mode
+)
item(tt(sync))(
request that writes wait until data has been physically written
)
@@ -166,7 +169,7 @@ to the command, or 2 for an error on the write; no error message is
printed in the last case, but the parameter tt(ERRNO) will reflect
the error that occurred.
)
-xitem(tt(zsystem flock) [ tt(-t) var(timeout) ] [ tt(-f) var(var) ] [tt(-er)] var(file))
+xitem(tt(zsystem flock) [ tt(-t) var(timeout) ] [ tt(-i) var(interval) ] [ tt(-f) var(var) ] [tt(-er)] var(file))
item(tt(zsystem flock -u) var(fd_expr))(
The builtin tt(zsystem)'s subcommand tt(flock) performs advisory file
locking (via the manref(fcntl)(2) system call) over the entire contents
@@ -196,9 +199,16 @@ a safety check that the file descriptor is in use for file locking.
By default the shell waits indefinitely for the lock to succeed.
The option tt(-t) var(timeout) specifies a timeout for the lock in
-seconds; currently this must be an integer. The shell will attempt
-to lock the file once a second during this period. If the attempt
-times out, status 2 is returned.
+seconds; fractional seconds are allowed. During this period, the
+shell will attempt to lock the file every var(interval) seconds
+if the tt(-i) var(interval) option is given, otherwise once a second.
+(This var(interval) is shortened before the last attempt if needed,
+so that the shell waits only until the var(timeout) and not longer.)
+If the attempt times out, status 2 is returned.
+
+(Note: var(timeout) is limited to 2^30-1 seconds (about 34 years), and
+var(interval) to 0.999 * LONG_MAX microseconds (only about 35 minutes
+on 32-bit systems).)
If the option tt(-e) is given, the file descriptor for the lock is
preserved when the shell uses tt(exec) to start a new process;
@@ -256,9 +266,9 @@ tt($$), which returns the process ID of the main shell process.
)
item(tt(ppid))(
vindex(ppid, sysparams)
-Returns the process ID of the parent of the current process, even in
-subshells. Compare tt($PPID), which returns the process ID of the parent
-of the main shell process.
+Returns the current process ID of the parent of the current process, even
+in subshells. Compare tt($PPID), which returns the process ID of the
+initial parent of the main shell process.
)
item(tt(procsubstpid))(
Returns the process ID of the last process started for process