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authorakr <akr@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2009-02-22 14:38:05 +0000
committerakr <akr@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2009-02-22 14:38:05 +0000
commita384273d6d7efecd19ac3f6902a6233fcb586ab1 (patch)
tree57be8b62d12ee6018fc8d5732d56922c0fa910e3 /process.c
parent83930529b269a3f27ff403c453d5ea9f1f5bd8f5 (diff)
rdoc update.
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@22554 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
Diffstat (limited to 'process.c')
-rw-r--r--process.c25
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/process.c b/process.c
index 4abbb48e3c..be6097405c 100644
--- a/process.c
+++ b/process.c
@@ -2962,13 +2962,13 @@ rb_f_system(int argc, VALUE *argv)
* command...:
* commandline : command line string which is passed to a shell
* cmdname, arg1, ... : command name and one or more arguments (no shell)
- * [cmdname, argv0], arg1, ... : command name and arguments including argv[0] (no shell)
+ * [cmdname, argv0], arg1, ... : command name, argv[0] and zero or more arguments (no shell)
* options: hash
* clearing environment variables:
* :unsetenv_others => true : clear environment variables except specified by env
* :unsetenv_others => false : don't clear (default)
* process group:
- * :pgroup => true or 0 : process leader
+ * :pgroup => true or 0 : make a new process group
* :pgroup => pgid : join to specified process group
* resource limit: resourcename is core, cpu, data, etc. See Process.setrlimit.
* :rlimit_resourcename => limit
@@ -3023,14 +3023,15 @@ rb_f_system(int argc, VALUE *argv)
*
* The <code>:pgroup</code> key in +options+ specifies a process group.
* The corresponding value should be true, zero or positive integer.
- * true and zero means the process should be a process leader.
+ * true and zero means the process should be a process leader of a new
+ * process group.
* Other values specifies a process group to be belongs.
*
* pid = spawn(command, :pgroup=>true) # process leader
* pid = spawn(command, :pgroup=>10) # belongs to the process group 10
*
* The <code>:rlimit_</code><em>foo</em> key specifies a resource limit.
- * <em>foo</em> should be one of resource types such as <code>core</code>
+ * <em>foo</em> should be one of resource types such as <code>core</code>.
* The corresponding value should be an integer or an array which have one or
* two integers: same as cur_limit and max_limit arguments for
* Process.setrlimit.
@@ -3048,7 +3049,7 @@ rb_f_system(int argc, VALUE *argv)
*
* pid = spawn(command, :umask=>077)
*
- * The :in, :out, :err, a fixnum, an IO and an array key specifies a redirect.
+ * The :in, :out, :err, a fixnum, an IO and an array key specifies a redirection.
* The redirection maps a file descriptor in the child process.
*
* For example, stderr can be merged into stdout as follows:
@@ -3070,7 +3071,7 @@ rb_f_system(int argc, VALUE *argv)
* the standard output in the child process is not specified.
* So it is inherited from the parent process.
*
- * The standard input stream (stdin) can be specifed by :in, 0 and STDIN.
+ * The standard input stream (stdin) can be specified by :in, 0 and STDIN.
*
* A filename can be specified as a hash value.
*
@@ -3094,19 +3095,19 @@ rb_f_system(int argc, VALUE *argv)
*
* The array specifies a filename, flags and permission.
* The flags can be a string or an integer.
- * If the flags is ommitted or nil, File::RDONLY is assumed.
+ * If the flags is omitted or nil, File::RDONLY is assumed.
* The permission should be an integer.
- * If the permission is ommitted or nil, 0644 is assumed.
+ * If the permission is omitted or nil, 0644 is assumed.
*
* If an array of IOs and integers are specified as a hash key,
- * all the elemetns are redirected.
+ * all the elements are redirected.
*
* # stdout and stderr is redirected to log file.
* # The file "log" is opened just once.
* pid = spawn(command, [:out, :err]=>["log", "w"])
*
* Another way to merge multiple file descriptors is [:child, fd].
- * [:child, fd] means the file descriptor in the child process.
+ * \[:child, fd] means the file descriptor in the child process.
* This is different from fd.
* For example, :err=>:out means redirecting child stderr to parent stdout.
* But :err=>[:child, :out] means redirecting child stderr to child stdout.
@@ -3116,7 +3117,7 @@ rb_f_system(int argc, VALUE *argv)
* # The file "log" is opened just once.
* pid = spawn(command, :out=>["log", "w"], :err=>[:child, :out])
*
- * [:child, :out] can be used to merge stderr into stdout in IO.popen.
+ * \[:child, :out] can be used to merge stderr into stdout in IO.popen.
* In this case, IO.popen redirects stdout to a pipe in the child process
* and [:child, :out] refers the redirected stdout.
*
@@ -3141,7 +3142,7 @@ rb_f_system(int argc, VALUE *argv)
* pid = spawn(command, :out=>w) # r, w is closed in the child process.
* w.close
*
- * :close is specified as a hash value to close a fd individualy.
+ * :close is specified as a hash value to close a fd individually.
*
* f = open(foo)
* system(command, f=>:close) # don't inherit f.