Minor language problems

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Ross L Richardson
2013-11-17 12:48:41 +01:00
committed by Love Hörnquist Åstrand
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\" $Id$ .\" $Id: parse_time.3,v 1.3 2013/06/17 18:57:45 robert Exp $
.\" .\"
.Dd October 31, 2004 .Dd November 17, 2013
.Dt PARSE_TIME 3 .Dt PARSE_TIME 3
.Os HEIMDAL .Os HEIMDAL
.Sh NAME .Sh NAME
@@ -54,28 +54,28 @@ The roken library (libroken, -lroken)
.Sh DESCRIPTION .Sh DESCRIPTION
The The
.Fn parse_time .Fn parse_time
function converts a the period of time specified in function converts the period of time specified
into a number of seconds. into a number of seconds.
The The
.Fa timespec .Fa timespec
can be any number of can be any number of
.Aq number unit .Aq number unit
pairs separated by comma and whitespace. The number can be pairs separated by comma and whitespace. The number can be
negative. Number without explicit units are taken as being negative. Numbers without explicit units are taken as being
.Fa def_unit . .Fa def_unit .
.Pp .Pp
The The
.Fn unparse_time .Fn unparse_time
and and
.Fn unparse_time_approx .Fn unparse_time_approx
does the opposite of do the opposite of
.Fn parse_time , .Fn parse_time ,
that is they take a number of seconds and express that as human that is they take a number of seconds and express that as human
readable string. readable strings.
.Fa unparse_time .Fa unparse_time
produces an exact time, while produces an exact time, while
.Fa unparse_time_approx .Fa unparse_time_approx
restricts the result to only include one units. restricts the result to include only one unit.
.Pp .Pp
.Fn print_time_table .Fn print_time_table
prints a descriptive list of available units on the passed file prints a descriptive list of available units on the passed file