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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Standard C library
.P
.RS -4
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
-.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
+.MR feature_test_macros 7 ):
.RE
.P
.BR pread (),
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ returns the number of bytes written.
.P
Note that it is not an error for a successful call to transfer fewer bytes
than requested (see
-.BR read (2)
+.MR read 2
and
-.BR write (2)).
+.MR write 2 ).
.P
On error, \-1 is returned and
.I errno
@@ -78,16 +78,16 @@ is set to indicate the error.
can fail and set
.I errno
to any error specified for
-.BR read (2)
+.MR read 2
or
-.BR lseek (2).
+.MR lseek 2 .
.BR pwrite ()
can fail and set
.I errno
to any error specified for
-.BR write (2)
+.MR write 2
or
-.BR lseek (2).
+.MR lseek 2 .
.SH STANDARDS
POSIX.1-2008.
.SH HISTORY
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ POSIX.1-2001.
Added in Linux 2.1.60;
the entries in the i386 system call table were added in Linux 2.1.69.
C library support (including emulation using
-.BR lseek (2)
+.MR lseek 2
on older kernels without the system calls) was added in glibc 2.1.
.SS C library/kernel differences
On Linux, the underlying system calls were renamed
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ wrapper functions transparently deal with the change.
On some 32-bit architectures,
the calling signature for these system calls differ,
for the reasons described in
-.BR syscall (2).
+.MR syscall 2 .
.SH NOTES
The
.BR pread ()
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ However, on Linux, if a file is opened with
appends data to the end of the file, regardless of the value of
.IR offset .
.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR lseek (2),
-.BR read (2),
-.BR readv (2),
-.BR write (2)
+.MR lseek 2 ,
+.MR read 2 ,
+.MR readv 2 ,
+.MR write 2