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diff --git a/man3/adjtime.3 b/man3/adjtime.3 index 1d9da6e..a6fcce5 100644 --- a/man3/adjtime.3 +++ b/man3/adjtime.3 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .\" .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft .\" -.TH adjtime 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.TH adjtime 3 2024-01-28 "Linux man-pages 6.7" .SH NAME adjtime \- correct the time to synchronize the system clock .SH LIBRARY @@ -12,15 +12,15 @@ Standard C library .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B #include <sys/time.h> -.PP +.P .BI "int adjtime(const struct timeval *" delta ", struct timeval *" olddelta ); .fi -.PP +.P .RS -4 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see .BR feature_test_macros (7)): .RE -.PP +.P .BR adjtime (): .nf Since glibc 2.19: @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ The amount of time by which the clock is to be adjusted is specified in the structure pointed to by .IR delta . This structure has the following form: -.PP +.P .in +4n .EX struct timeval { @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ struct timeval { }; .EE .in -.PP +.P If the adjustment in .I delta is positive, then the system clock is speeded up by some @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ has been completed. If the adjustment in .I delta is negative, then the clock is slowed down in a similar fashion. -.PP +.P If a clock adjustment from an earlier .BR adjtime () call is already in progress @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ call, and .I delta is not NULL for the later call, then the earlier adjustment is stopped, but any already completed part of that adjustment is not undone. -.PP +.P If .I olddelta is not NULL, then the buffer that it points to is used to return @@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ T{ .BR adjtime () T} Thread safety MT-Safe .TE -.sp 1 .SH STANDARDS None. .SH HISTORY @@ -117,11 +116,11 @@ makes to the clock is carried out in such a manner that the clock is always monotonically increasing. Using .BR adjtime () -to adjust the time prevents the problems that can be caused for certain +to adjust the time prevents the problems that could be caused for certain applications (e.g., .BR make (1)) by abrupt positive or negative jumps in the system time. -.PP +.P .BR adjtime () is intended to be used to make small adjustments to the system time. Most systems impose a limit on the adjustment that can be specified in |