Stop calling system calls "function calls".
Use "The .Fn system call" a-la "The .Nm utility".
When referring to a non-BSD implementation in
the HISTORY section, call syscall a function,
to be safe.
passes on the status across fork/exec.
The previous version had some typos, referred to itself as link(2) in
one place :-), and didn't really match openbsd's implementation either.
Now that I've mentioned typos, hopefully our Typo Police and Xref Police
will be gentle with me. :-)