cvs: /phpdoc/functions posix.sgml

kk Wed Nov 3 15:03:36 1999 EDT Modified files: /phpdoc/functions posix.sgml Log: intro to posix.sgml. Index: phpdoc/functions/posix.sgml diff -u phpdoc/functions/posix.sgml:1.4 phpdoc/functions/posix.sgml:1.5 --- phpdoc/functions/posix.sgml:1.4 Wed Oct 20 18:41:42 1999 +++ phpdoc/functions/posix.sgml Wed Nov 3 15:03:35 1999 @@ -4,7 +4,13 @@ <partintro> <para> - Needs to be written ASAP. + This module contains an interface to those functions defined in the + IEEE 1003.1 (POSIX.1) standards document which are not accessible + through other means. POSIX.1 for example defined the open(), read(), + write() and close() functions, too, which traditionally have been + part of PHP3 for a long time. Some more system specific functions + have not been available before, though, and this module tries to + remedy this by providing easy access to these functions. </para> </partintro> @@ -61,8 +67,8 @@ <paramdef>void <parameter></parameter></paramdef> </funcsynopsis> <para> - Return the process identifier of parent process of the current - process.</para> + Return the process identifier of the parent process of the current + process. </refsect1> </refentry>