Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site axiom.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!philabs!linus!axiom!smk From: smk@axiom.UUCP (Steven M. Kramer) Newsgroups: net.bugs Subject: ptrace man page lies on many systems Message-ID: <25@axiom.UUCP> Date: Sun, 3-Mar-85 01:03:13 EST Article-I.D.: axiom.25 Posted: Sun Mar 3 01:03:13 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Mar-85 02:56:24 EST Organization: Axiom Technology, Newton MA Lines: 14 The ptrace man page says that when reading the U area to have an even Addr. Well, that should really be integer alligned on many UNIX systems, not just even. The even req only works for 16 bit ints. For 32 bits, it's a div 4 decision. Also, it specifies that the Addr must be less that 512. How old is this man page? It's on 4.2bsd and really should be updated. I'ts probably unchanged in most UNIXs. After all, how many people really use this call except for me??:-)?? (The man page compares with an original V7 man page I had around!) -- --steve kramer {allegra,genrad,ihnp4,utzoo,philabs,uw-beaver}!linus!axiom!smk (UUCP) linus!axiom!smk@mitre-bedford (MIL)