The .Fn function

lib/libcompat/4.1/cftime.3

@@ -69,10 +69,11 @@ Use
 .Xr strftime 3
 instead.
 .Pp
-.Fn Ascftime
-is almost identical with
+The
+.Fn ascftime
+function is almost identical to
 .Xr strftime 3 ,
-with the only exception there's no parameter to tell about the
+with the only exception that there's no parameter to tell about the
 maximal buffer length, and the
 .Fa format
 parameter defaults to
@@ -81,8 +82,9 @@ if a
 .Em NULL
 pointer is given.
 .Pp
-.Fn Cftime
-does the same job, but it first invokes
+The
+.Fn cftime
+function does the same job, but it first invokes
 .Xr localtime 3
 in order to convert the given
 .Fa clock ,

lib/libcompat/4.4/cuserid.3

@@ -68,8 +68,9 @@ If
 .Fa s
 is NULL, an internal array is used and its address will be returned.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
+The
 .Fn cuserid
-returns the address of an array in which the name has been stored.
+function returns the address of an array in which the name has been stored.
 .Pp
 If the name associated with the effective UID of the current process
 could not be found, either a null pointer will be returned, or

lib/libipsec/ipsec_set_policy.3

@@ -262,12 +262,14 @@ The
 .Fn ipsec_set_policy
 function returns a pointer to the allocated buffer of policy specification if
 successful; otherwise a NULL pointer is returned.
+The
 .Fn ipsec_get_policylen
-returns with positive value
+function returns with positive value
 (meaning the buffer size)
 on success, and negative value on errors.
+The
 .Fn ipsec_dump_policy
-returns a pointer to dynamically allocated region on success,
+function returns a pointer to dynamically allocated region on success,
 and
 .Dv NULL
 on errors.

lib/libmd/mdX.3

@@ -72,27 +72,31 @@ run over the data with
 and finally extract the result using
 .Fn MDXFinal .
 .Pp
+The
 .Fn MDXPad
-can be used to pad message data in same way
+function can be used to pad message data in same way
 as done by
 .Fn MDXFinal
 without terminating calculation.
 .Pp
+The
 .Fn MDXEnd
-is a wrapper for
+function is a wrapper for
 .Fn MDXFinal
 which converts the return value to a 33-character
 (including the terminating '\e0')
 .Tn ASCII
 string which represents the 128 bits in hexadecimal.
 .Pp
+The
 .Fn MDXFile
-calculates the digest of a file, and uses
+function calculates the digest of a file, and uses
 .Fn MDXEnd
 to return the result.
 If the file cannot be opened, a null pointer is returned.
+The
 .Fn MDXFileChunk
-is similar to
+function is similar to
 .Fn MDXFile ,
 but it only calculates the digest over a byte-range of the file specified,
 starting at
@@ -108,8 +112,9 @@ of the file,
 calculates the digest from
 .Fa offset
 to the end of file.
+The
 .Fn MDXData
-calculates the digest of a chunk of data in memory, and uses
+function calculates the digest of a chunk of data in memory, and uses
 .Fn MDXEnd
 to return the result.
 .Pp

lib/libmd/ripemd.3

@@ -62,21 +62,24 @@ run over the data with
 and finally extract the result using
 .Fn RIPEMD160_Final .
 .Pp
+The
 .Fn RIPEMD160_End
-is a wrapper for
+function is a wrapper for
 .Fn RIPEMD160_Final
 which converts the return value to a 41-character
 (including the terminating '\e0')
 .Tn ASCII
 string which represents the 160 bits in hexadecimal.
 .Pp
+The
 .Fn RIPEMD160_File
-calculates the digest of a file, and uses
+function calculates the digest of a file, and uses
 .Fn RIPEMD160_End
 to return the result.
 If the file cannot be opened, a null pointer is returned.
+The
 .Fn RIPEMD160_FileChunk
-is similar to
+function is similar to
 .Fn RIPEMD160_File ,
 but it only calculates the digest over a byte-range of the file specified,
 starting at
@@ -92,8 +95,9 @@ of the file,
 calculates the digest from
 .Fa offset
 to the end of file.
+The
 .Fn RIPEMD160_Data
-calculates the digest of a chunk of data in memory, and uses
+function calculates the digest of a chunk of data in memory, and uses
 .Fn RIPEMD160_End
 to return the result.
 .Pp

lib/libutil/_secure_path.3

@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ gid, if gid is not -1.
 This function returns zero if the file exists and may be
 considered secure, -2 if the file does not exist, and
 -1 otherwise to indicate a security failure.
+The
 .Xr syslog 3
-is used to log any failure of this function, including the
+function is used to log any failure of this function, including the
 reason, at LOG_ERR priority.
 .Sh BUGS
 The checks carried out are rudimentary and no attempt is made

lib/libutil/login_cap.3

@@ -178,8 +178,9 @@ As noted above, the
 .Fn get*class
 functions return a login_cap_t object which is used to access
 the matching or default record in the capabilities database.
+The
 .Fn getclassbyname
-accepts two arguments: the first one is the record identifier of the
+function accepts two arguments: the first one is the record identifier of the
 record to be retrieved, the second is an optional directory name.
 If the first
 .Ar name
@@ -253,8 +254,9 @@ has no login class, then the system "default" entry is retrieved.
 Once a program no longer wishes to use a login_cap_t object,
 .Fn login_close
 may be called to free all resources used by the login class.
+The
 .Fn login_close
-may be passed a NULL pointer with no harmful side-effects.
+function may be passed a NULL pointer with no harmful side-effects.
 .Pp
 The remaining functions may be used to retrieve individual
 capability records.

lib/libutil/login_class.3

@@ -57,13 +57,14 @@ and due care must be taken as detailed in the manpage for that
 function and this affects all processes running in the same session
 and not just the current process.
 .Pp
+The
 .Fn setclasscontext
-sets various class context values (resource limits, umask and
+function sets various class context values (resource limits, umask and
 process priorities) based on values for a specific named class.
 .Pp
-The function
+The
 .Fn setusercontext
-sets class context values based on a given login_cap_t
+function sets class context values based on a given login_cap_t
 object, a specific passwd record (if login_cap_t is NULL),
 sets the current session's login and the current process
 user and group ownership.
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ parameter, which is comprised of one or more of the following:
 .Bl -tag -width LOGIN_SETRESOURCES
 .It LOGIN_SETLOGIN
 Set the login associated with the current session to the user
-specified in the passwd structure.
+specified in the passwd structure using
 .Xr setlogin 2 .
 The
 .Ar pwd
@@ -170,10 +171,11 @@ and
 functions are subsets of the setcontext functions above, but may
 be useful in isolation.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
+The
 .Fn setclasscontext
 and
 .Fn setusercontext
-return -1 if an error occurred, or 0 on success.
+functions return -1 if an error occurred, or 0 on success.
 If an error occurs when attempting to set the user, login, group
 or resources, a message is reported to
 .Xr syslog 3 ,

lib/libutil/login_ok.3

@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ This set of functions checks to see if login is allowed based on login
 class capability entries in the login database,
 .Xr login.conf 5 .
 .Pp
+The
 .Fn auth_ttyok
-checks to see if the named tty is available to users of a specific
+function checks to see if the named tty is available to users of a specific
 class, and is either in the
 .Em ttys.allow
 access list, and not in
@@ -73,8 +74,9 @@ or empty string as the
 .Ar tty
 parameter causes the function to return a non-zero value.
 .Pp
+The
 .Fn auth_hostok
-checks for any host restrictions for remote logins.
+function checks for any host restrictions for remote logins.
 The function checks on both a host name and IP address (given in its
 text form, typically n.n.n.n) against the
 .Em host.allow

lib/libutil/login_times.3

@@ -114,8 +114,9 @@ then a parsing error was encountered.
 The remaining functions provide the ability to test a given time_t or
 struct tm value against a specific time period or array of time
 periods.
+The
 .Fn in_ltm
-determines whether the given time described by the struct tm
+function determines whether the given time described by the struct tm
 passed as the second parameter falls within the period described
 by the first parameter.
 A boolean value is returned, indicating whether or not the time
@@ -135,19 +136,22 @@ elements in length, and terminated by an element with its
 field set to
 .Em LTM_NONE .
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
+The
 .Fn parse_lt
-returns a filled in structure of type login_time_t containing the
+function returns a filled in structure of type login_time_t containing the
 parsed time period.
 If a parsing error occurs, the lt_dow field is set to
 .Em LTM_NONE
 (i.e. 0).
 .Pp
+The
 .Fn in_ltm
-returns non-zero if the given time falls within the period described
+function returns non-zero if the given time falls within the period described
 by the login_time_t passed as the first parameter.
 .Pp
+The
 .Fn in_ltms
-returns the index of the first time period found in which the given
+function returns the index of the first time period found in which the given
 time falls, or -1 if none of them apply.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr getcap 3 ,

lib/libutil/login_tty.3

@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ a new session with
 This terminal device will also be made the standard input, standard output,
 and standard error output of the calling process.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
-.Fn Login_tty
-returns -1 if it could not make the device referenced by
+The
+.Fn login_tty
+function returns -1 if it could not make the device referenced by
 .Ar fd
 the controlling terminal of the calling process, and 0 otherwise.
 .Sh SEE ALSO

lib/libutil/logout.3

@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@ and
 .Em host
 fields are empty, and the time stamp field is updated to the current time.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
-.Fn Logout
-returns 1 if the slot described by
+The
+.Fn logout
+function returns 1 if the slot described by
 .Ar line
 has been found and updated, 0 otherwise.
 .Sh SEE ALSO

lib/libutil/property.3

@@ -63,15 +63,17 @@ and returns the head of a new property list, assuming that the
 file's contents have been parsed properly, or NULL in case
 of error.
 .Pp
+The
 .Fn property_find
-Returns the associated value string for the property named
+function returns the associated value string for the property named
 .Fa name
 if found, otherwise NULL.  The value returned may be up to
 .Dv PROPERTY_MAX_VALUE
 bytes in length.
 .Pp
+The
 .Fn properties_free
-is used to free the structure returned by
+function is used to free the structure returned by
 .Fn properties_read
 when it is no longer needed.
 .Sh FILE FORMAT

lib/libutil/pty.3

@@ -82,8 +82,9 @@ and
 .Fa aslave ,
 respectively.
 .Pp
-.Fn Forkpty
-first calls
+The
+.Fn forkpty
+function first calls
 .Fn openpty
 to obtain the next available pseudo-terminal from the system.  Upon success,
 it forks off a new process.  In the child process, it closes the descriptor
@@ -99,12 +100,14 @@ and
 have the same meaning as described for
 .Fn openpty .
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
-.Fn Openpty
-returns 0 on success, or -1 on failure.
+The
+.Fn openpty
+function returns 0 on success, or -1 on failure.
 .Pp
-.Fn Forkpty
-returns -1 on failure, 0 in the slave process, and the process ID of the
-slave process in the parent process.
+The
+.Fn forkpty
+function returns -1 on failure, 0 in the slave process, and the process ID of
+the slave process in the parent process.
 .Sh ERRORS
 On failure,
 .Fn openpty

lib/libutil/realhostname.3

@@ -71,8 +71,9 @@ bytes long,
 .Ar host
 will not be NUL terminated.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
+The
 .Fn realhostname
-will return one of the following constants which are defined in
+function will return one of the following constants which are defined in
 .Pa libutil.h :
 .Pp
 .Bl -tag -width XXX -offset XXX

lib/libutil/realhostname_sa.3

@@ -100,8 +100,9 @@ bytes long,
 .Ar host
 will not be NUL terminated.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
+The
 .Fn realhostname_sa
-will return one of the following constants which are defined in
+function will return one of the following constants which are defined in
 .Pa libutil.h :
 .Pp
 .Bl -tag -width XXX -offset XXX

lib/libutil/trimdomain.3

@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ name is determined by calling
 and removing everything up to the first period.  The name is determined
 the first time this function is called and is cached for future use.
 .Pp
+The
 .Fn trimdomain
-will only trim the domain name if the passed
+function will only trim the domain name if the passed
 .Ar fullname
 ends with the current domain name and if the length of the resulting host
 name does not exceed
@@ -75,7 +76,8 @@ numbers to the end of the base host name and resulting in
 .Ar host : nn Op . Ar nn .
 .Sm on
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
+The
 .Fn trimdomain
-does not return a value.
+function does not return a value.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr gethostname 3