diff --git a/man/syscall/_exit.html b/man/syscall/_exit.html
index 870341b..85f098f 100644
--- a/man/syscall/_exit.html
+++ b/man/syscall/_exit.html
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
#include <unistd.h>
-void,
+void
_exit(int exitcode);
diff --git a/man/syscall/close.html b/man/syscall/close.html
index 9f16429..b852d54 100644
--- a/man/syscall/close.html
+++ b/man/syscall/close.html
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
Description
-The file handle fd is closed. The same file handle may then
-be returned again from open,
+The file handle identified by file descriptor fd is closed.
+The same file handle may then be returned again from open,
dup2, pipe, or similar
calls.
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ mentioned here.
|
EBADF |
- fd is not a valid file handle. |
+ fd is not a valid file descriptor. |
EIO | A hard I/O error occurred. |
diff --git a/man/syscall/dup2.html b/man/syscall/dup2.html
index 8392a86..2257de3 100644
--- a/man/syscall/dup2.html
+++ b/man/syscall/dup2.html
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
Description
-dup2 clones the file handle oldfd onto the file
-handle newfd. If newfd names an already-open file,
-that file is closed.
+dup2 clones the file handle identifed by file descriptor oldfd
+onto the file handle identified by newfd. If newfd
+names an already-open file, that file is closed.
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ dup2 is most commonly used to relocate opened files onto
-Both filehandles must be non-negative, and, if applicable, smaller
-than the maximum allowed file handle number.
+Both file descriptors must be non-negative, and, if applicable,
+smaller than the maximum allowed file handle number.
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ here.
|
EBADF |
oldfd is not a valid file
- handle, or newfd is a value
+ descriptor, or newfd is a value
that cannot be a valid file
- handle. |
+ descriptor.
EMFILE | The process's file table was full, or a
process-specific limit on open files
was reached. |
diff --git a/man/syscall/fstat.html b/man/syscall/fstat.html
index f20e3a1..406b34e 100644
--- a/man/syscall/fstat.html
+++ b/man/syscall/fstat.html
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ struct stat *statbuf);
Description
fstat retrieves status information about the file referred to
-by the file handle fd and stores it in the stat structure
+by the file descriptor fd and stores it in the stat structure
pointed to by statbuf.
diff --git a/man/syscall/ftruncate.html b/man/syscall/ftruncate.html
index f2af14a..0c66177 100644
--- a/man/syscall/ftruncate.html
+++ b/man/syscall/ftruncate.html
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ mentioned here.
|
EBADF |
- fd is not a valid file handle, or
- it is not open for writing. |
+ fd is not a valid file descriptor,
+ or it is not open for writing. |
EIO | A hard I/O error occurred. |
EFAULT | buf points to an invalid
address. |
diff --git a/man/syscall/getdirentry.html b/man/syscall/getdirentry.html
index f123dce..aaad470 100644
--- a/man/syscall/getdirentry.html
+++ b/man/syscall/getdirentry.html
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ size_t buflen);
Description
getdirentry retrieves the next filename from a directory
-referred to by the file handle filehandle. The name is stored
+referred to by the file descriptor fd. The name is stored
in buf, an area of size buflen. The length of of the
name actually found is returned.
diff --git a/man/syscall/ioctl.html b/man/syscall/ioctl.html
index a23b8b4..f29ad45 100644
--- a/man/syscall/ioctl.html
+++ b/man/syscall/ioctl.html
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ void *data);
Description
ioctl performs an object-specific operation code on
-the object referred to by the file handle fd. The
+the object referred to by the file descriptor fd. The
data argument may point to supplemental data required or
returned by the operation. The size of buffer required, if any, and
other such matters are operation-specific.
diff --git a/man/syscall/lseek.html b/man/syscall/lseek.html
index 0c3c407..61805aa 100644
--- a/man/syscall/lseek.html
+++ b/man/syscall/lseek.html
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ int whence);
Description
lseek alters the current seek position of the file handle
-filehandle, seeking to a new position based on pos
-and whence.
+identified by file descriptor fd, seeking to a new position
+based on pos and whence.
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ mentioned here.
|
EBADF |
fd is not a valid file
- handle. |
+ descriptor.
ESPIPE | fd refers to an object
which does not support seeking. |
EINVAL | whence is invalid. |
diff --git a/man/syscall/open.html b/man/syscall/open.html
index 7abc154..427a6ae 100644
--- a/man/syscall/open.html
+++ b/man/syscall/open.html
@@ -99,12 +99,12 @@ course's assignments.)
-open returns a file handle suitable for passing to
+open returns a file descriptor suitable for passing to
read,
write,
close,
-etc. This file handle must be greater than or equal to zero. Note
-that file handles 0 (STDIN_FILENO), 1 (STDOUT_FILENO), and 2
+etc. This file descriptor must be greater than or equal to zero. Note
+that file descriptors 0 (STDIN_FILENO), 1 (STDOUT_FILENO), and 2
(STDERR_FILENO) are used in special ways and are typically assumed by
user-level code to always be open.
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ contain .. is usually not quite atomic.
Return Values
-On success, open returns a nonnegative file handle. On error,
--1 is returned, and errno is set according to
-the error encountered.
+On success, open returns a nonnegative file descriptor. On
+error, -1 is returned, and errno is set
+according to the error encountered.
Errors
diff --git a/man/syscall/write.html b/man/syscall/write.html
index aaf3736..66b469c 100644
--- a/man/syscall/write.html
+++ b/man/syscall/write.html
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
ssize_t
write(int fd, const void *buf,
-size_t nbytes);
+size_t buflen);
Description