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Fixed a lot of ocr errors.
author roug
date Sat, 20 Apr 2002 14:06:46 +0000
parents 5f64b137c6be
children 3f0f7b4e5111
files docs/os9sysprog/os9sysprog.docbook
diffstat 1 files changed, 267 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/docs/os9sysprog/os9sysprog.docbook	Sat Apr 20 13:43:09 2002 +0000
+++ b/docs/os9sysprog/os9sysprog.docbook	Sat Apr 20 14:06:46 2002 +0000
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@
 </para>
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
- <colspec colwidth="1.1in" colname="c1">
+<colspec colwidth="1.1in" colname="c1">
 <colspec colwidth="1.1in" colname="c2">
    <thead>
 	    <row>
@@ -2640,7 +2640,7 @@
 <title>NAME: INIT</title>
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
-<colspec colwidth="1.3in">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
 <colspec colwidth="3.0in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
@@ -2697,7 +2697,7 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
-<colspec colwidth="1.3in">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
 <colspec colwidth="3.0in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
@@ -2772,7 +2772,7 @@
 <title>NAME: WRITE</title>
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
-<colspec colwidth="1.3in">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
 <colspec colwidth="3.0in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
@@ -2839,7 +2839,7 @@
 <title>NAME: GETSTA PUTSTA</title>
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
-<colspec colwidth="1.3in">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
 <colspec colwidth="3.0in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
@@ -2966,7 +2966,7 @@
 <title>NAME:TERM</title>
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
-<colspec colwidth="1.3in">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
 <colspec colwidth="3.0in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
@@ -3012,7 +3012,7 @@
 <title>NAME: IRQ SERVICE ROUTINE</title>
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
-<colspec colwidth="1.3in">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
 <colspec colwidth="3.0in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
@@ -3048,7 +3048,7 @@
 <title>NAME: BOOT (Bootstrap Module)</title>
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
-<colspec colwidth="1.3in">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
 <colspec colwidth="3.0in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
@@ -3626,7 +3626,7 @@
 <title>NAME: INIT</title>
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
-<colspec colwidth="1.3in">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
 <colspec colwidth="3.0in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
@@ -3673,7 +3673,7 @@
 <title>NAME: READ</title>
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
-<colspec colwidth="1.3in">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
 <colspec colwidth="3.0in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
@@ -3720,7 +3720,7 @@
 <title>NAME: WRITE</title>
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
-<colspec colwidth="1.3in">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
 <colspec colwidth="3.0in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
@@ -3775,7 +3775,7 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
-<colspec colwidth="1.3in">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
 <colspec colwidth="3.0in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
@@ -3900,7 +3900,7 @@
 <title>NAME. TERM</title>
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
-<colspec colwidth="1.3in">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
 <colspec colwidth="3.0in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
@@ -3950,7 +3950,7 @@
 <title>NAME: IRQ SERVICE ROUTINE</title>
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
-<colspec colwidth="1.3in">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
 <colspec colwidth="3.0in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
@@ -4538,7 +4538,8 @@
 
 <para>All system calls have a mnemonic name that starts with &quot;F$&quot;
 for system functions, or &quot;I$&quot; for I/O related requests.
-These are defined in the assembler-input equate file called &quot;OS9DEFS&quot;</para>
+These are defined in the assembler-input equate file
+called &quot;OS9DEFS&quot;.</para>
 
 <para>In the service request descriptions which follow, registers not
 explicitly specified as input or output parameters are not altered.
@@ -4552,6 +4553,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -4583,7 +4586,7 @@
 <para>This system mode service request sets bits in the allocation bit
 map specified by the X register.</para>
 
-<para>Bit numbers range from 0.,N-1, where N is the number of bits in
+<para>Bit numbers range from 0..N-1, where N is the number of bits in
 the allocation bit map.</para>
 </sect1>
 
@@ -4592,6 +4595,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -4604,16 +4609,12 @@
 <row>
 	<entry>INPUT:</entry>
 	<entry><literallayout>(X) = Address of module name or file name
-(Y) = Parameter area sime (256 byte pages)
+(Y) = Parameter area size (256 byte pages)
 (U) = Beginning address of parameter area
 (A) = Lanquage / type code
 (B) = Optional data area size (256 byte pages)</literallayout></entry>
 </row>
 <row>
-	<entry>OUTPUT:</entry>
-	<entry></entry>
-</row>
-<row>
 	<entry>ERROR OUTPUT:</entry>
 	<entry><literallayout>(CC) = C bit set.
 (B) = Appropriate error code.</literallayout></entry>
@@ -4644,7 +4645,7 @@
 is linked to (several modules may have been loaded from a single
 file).</para>
 
-<para>2. The process' old primary module is UNLINKED</para>
+<para>2. The process' old primary module is UNLINKED.</para>
 
 <para>3. The data memory area is reconfigured to the size specified in
 the new primary module's header.</para>
@@ -4676,7 +4677,7 @@
 
 <para>Y (top of memory pointer) and U (bottom of memory pointer) will
 always have a values at 256-byte page boundaries. If the parent does
-not specify a parameter area. Y, X, and SP will be the same, and D
+not specify a parameter area, Y, X, and SP will be the same, and D
 will equal zero. The minimum overall data area size is one page (256
 bytes).</para>
 
@@ -4700,6 +4701,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -4713,7 +4716,7 @@
 	<entry>INPUT:</entry>
 	<entry><literallayout>(X) = Address of first name.
 (B) = Length of first name.
-(Y) = Address of secorrd name.</literallayout></entry>
+(Y) = Address of second name.</literallayout></entry>
 </row>
 <row>
 	<entry>OUTPUT:</entry>
@@ -4736,6 +4739,8 @@
 <title>CRC Compute CRC F$CRC</title>
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -4780,6 +4785,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -4820,6 +4827,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -4841,7 +4850,7 @@
 </tgroup>
 </informaltable>
 
-<para>This call kills the calling process and is the only means oy whicn
+<para>This call kills the calling process and is the only means by which
 a process can terminate itself. Its data memory area is deallocated,
 and its primary module is UNLINKed. All open paths are automatically
 closed.</para>
@@ -4850,7 +4859,7 @@
 WAIT call, which returns to the parent the status byte passed by the
 child in its EXIT call. The status byte can be an OS-9 error code the
 terminating process wishes to pass back to its parent process (the
-shell assumes this), or can be used to pass a user- defined status
+shell assumes this), or can be used to pass a user-defined status
 value. Processes to be called directly by the shell should only
 return an OS-9 error code or zero if no error occurred.</para>
 </sect1>
@@ -4860,6 +4869,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -4898,7 +4909,7 @@
 module&quot; - the program that will initially be executed. Then the
 system module directory is searched to see if the program is already
 in memory. If so, the module is linked to and executed. If not, the
-name string is used as the pathlist of the file which is to b oaded
+name string is used as the pathlist of the file which is to loaded
 into memory. Then the first module in this file is linked to and
 executed (several modules may have been loaded from a single file).</para>
 
@@ -4970,6 +4981,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -5003,9 +5016,9 @@
 has been set, whenever the process receives a signal, its intercept
 routine will be executed. A signal will abort any process which has
 not used the F$ICPT service request to set a signal trap, and its
-termination status (B register) will be the signal &oacute;ode. Many
+termination status (B register) will be the signal code. Many
 interactive programs will set up an intercept routine to handle
-keyboard abort (control 0), and keyboard interrupt (control C)</para>
+keyboard abort (control Q), and keyboard interrupt (control C).</para>
 
 <para>The intercept routine is entered asynchronously because a signal
 may be sent at any time (it is like an interrupt) and is passed the
@@ -5037,6 +5050,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -5066,7 +5081,7 @@
 
 <para>Returns the caller's process ID number, which is a byte value in
 the range of 1 to 255, and the user ID which is a integer in the
-range 0 to 6553$. The process ID is assigned by OS-9 and is unique to
+range 0 to 65535. The process ID is assigned by OS-9 and is unique to
 the process. The user ID is defined in the system password file, and
 is used by the file security system and a few other functions.
 Several processes can have the same user ID.</para>
@@ -5077,6 +5092,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -5123,7 +5140,7 @@
 
 <para>(A) Module not found.</para>
 
-<para>(B) Module busy (not sharable and in uae).</para>
+<para>(B) Module busy (not sharable and in use).</para>
 
 <para>(C) Incorrect or defective module header.</para>
 </sect1>
@@ -5133,6 +5150,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -5184,6 +5203,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -5215,7 +5236,7 @@
 size requested is rounded up to the next 256-byte page boundary.
 Additional memory is allocated contiguously upward (towards higher
 addresses), or deallocated downward from the old highest address. If
-0 &quot; 0, then the current upper bound and size will be returned.</para>
+D = 0, then the current upper bound and size will be returned.</para>
 
 <para>This request can never return all of a process' memory, or the
 page in which its SP register points to.</para>
@@ -5235,6 +5256,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -5278,6 +5301,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -5341,6 +5366,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -5379,6 +5406,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -5444,6 +5473,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -5455,7 +5486,7 @@
 </row>
 <row>
 	<entry>INPUT:</entry>
-	<entry>(X) = Sleep time in ticks (0 a indefinitely)</entry>
+	<entry>(X) = Sleep time in ticks (0 = indefinitely)</entry>
 </row>
 <row>
 	<entry>OUTPUT:</entry>
@@ -5471,13 +5502,13 @@
 </informaltable>
 
 <para>This call deactivates the calling process for a specified time, or
-indefinitely if X = ., If X = 1, the effect is to have the caller
+indefinitely if X = 0. If X = 1, the effect is to have the caller
 give up its current time slice. The process will be activated before
 the full time interval if a signal is received, therefore sleeping
 indefinitely is a good way to wait for a signal or interrupt without
 wasting CPU time.</para>
 
-<para>The duration of a tick is system dependent but is most commonly
+<para>The duration of a "tick" is system dependent but is most commonly
 100 milliseconds.</para>
 
 <para>Due to the fact that it is not known when the F$SLEP request was
@@ -5486,7 +5517,7 @@
 time slice&quot; request; the process is immediately inserted into
 the active process queue and will resume execution when it reaches
 the front of the queue. A sleep of two or more ticks causes the
-process to be inserted into the active process queue after N-l ticks
+process to be inserted into the active process queue after N-1 ticks
 occur and will resume execution when it reaches the front of the
 queue.</para>
 </sect1>
@@ -5496,6 +5527,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -5535,6 +5568,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -5593,7 +5628,7 @@
           +----------------------+
 </screen>
 
-<para>NOTE: If the sign bit of the function code is set, on y the system
+<para>NOTE: If the sign bit of the function code is set, only the system
 table will be updated. Otherwise both the system and user tables will
 be updated. Privileged system service requests may be called only
 while executing a system routine.</para>
@@ -5628,11 +5663,13 @@
 </screen>
 </informalfigure>
 
-<para>Function request codes are broken into the two cateqor&plusmn;es
+<para>Function request codes are broken into the two categories
 as shown below:</para>
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.5in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.5in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 <entry>$00 - $27</entry>
@@ -5663,6 +5700,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -5713,6 +5752,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -5783,6 +5824,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -5853,6 +5896,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -5886,7 +5931,7 @@
 because its link count will be non-zero. In Level Two systems, the
 module is usually switched out of the process' address space.</para>
 
-<para>oevice driver modules in use or certain system modules cannot he
+<para>Device driver modules in use or certain system modules cannot he
 unlinked. ROMed modules can be unlinked but cannot be deleted from
 the module directory.</para>
 </sect1>
@@ -5896,6 +5941,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -5946,6 +5993,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -5962,7 +6011,7 @@
 </row>
 <row>
 	<entry>OUTPUT:</entry>
-	<entry><literallayout>(X) Block number
+	<entry><literallayout>(A) = Block number
 (X) = Base address of page table
 (Y) = Address of block.</literallayout></entry>
 </row>
@@ -6018,6 +6067,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -6061,6 +6112,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -6103,6 +6156,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -6147,6 +6202,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -6186,6 +6243,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -6231,6 +6290,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.5in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.5in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 <entry>Flip Byte</entry>
@@ -6264,6 +6325,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -6298,6 +6361,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -6336,6 +6401,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -6374,6 +6441,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -6408,6 +6477,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -6443,6 +6514,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -6487,7 +6560,7 @@
 reinitialized.</para>
 
 <para>An ATTACH system call is not required to perform routine I/O. It
-does NOT reserve' the device in question - it just prepares it for
+does NOT "reserve" the device in question - it just prepares it for
 subsequent use by any process. Most devices are automatically
 installed, so it is used mostly when devices are dynamically
 installed or to verify the existence of a device.</para>
@@ -6510,6 +6583,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -6537,8 +6612,8 @@
 </tgroup>
 </informaltable>
 
-<para>Changes a process working directory to another directory file
-specified by the pathlist. Dependinq on the access mode given, the
+<para>Changes a process' working directory to another directory file
+specified by the pathlist. Depending on the access mode given, the
 current execution or the current data directory may be changed (but
 only one may be changed per call). The file specified must be a
 directory file, and the caller must have read permission for it
@@ -6547,7 +6622,7 @@
 <para>ACCESS MODES
 </para>
 
-<para>1  = Read</para>
+<para>1 = Read</para>
 
 <para>2 = Write</para>
 
@@ -6565,6 +6640,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -6610,6 +6687,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
+<colspec colwidth="3.6in">
 <tbody>
 <row>
 	<entry>ASSEMBLER CALL:</entry>
@@ -6639,7 +6718,7 @@
 </tgroup>
 </informaltable>
 
-<para>Used to create a new file on a multifiIe mass storage device.
+<para>Used to create a new file on a multifile mass storage device.
 The pathlist is parsed, and the new file name is entered in the
 specified (or default working) directory. The file is given the
 attributes passed in the B register, which has individual bits
@@ -6690,6 +6769,8 @@
 
 <informaltable frame="none">
 <tgroup cols="2">
+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
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 or new path numbers operate on the same file or device.</para>
 
 <para>
-NOTE. This only increments the &quot;use count&quot; of a path
+NOTE: This only increments the &quot;use count&quot; of a path
 descriptor and returns the synonymous path number. The path
 descriptor is not copied.</para>
 </sect1>
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 <title>GETSTAT Get file device status. I$GSTT</title>
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 <title>OPEN Open a path to a file or device I$OPEN</title>
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 <title>SETSTAT Set file/device status I$SSTT</title>
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 <orderedlist numeration="Loweralpha">
 <listitem><para>are not uniform on all devices</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>are highly hardware dependent</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>need to be user-changable</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>need to be user-changeable</para></listitem>
 </orderedlist>
 
 <para>The exact operation of this call depends on the device driver and
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 	<entry>SS.SIZ (code 2):</entry>
-	<entry>Set the file size (RBF)</entry>
+	<entry>Set the file size (RBFMAN-type devices)</entry>
 </row>
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 	<entry>INPUT:</entry>
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 <para>This setstat function is used to change the file's size.</para>
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 	<entry>SS.RST (code 3):</entry>
-	<entry>Set the file size (RBF)</entry>
+	<entry>Restore head to track zero.</entry>
 </row>
 <row>
 	<entry>INPUT:</entry>
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 may be read.</para>
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 	<entry>103F 8A</entry>
 </row>
 <row>
+	<entry>INPUT:</entry>
 	<entry><literallayout>(A) = Path number.
 (X ) = Address of buffer.
 (Y) = Maximum number of bytes to write</literallayout></entry>
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 reflect any additional bytes that may have been added by file
 managers or device drivers for device control. For example, if SCF
 appends a line feed and nulls after carriage return characters, these
-extrt bytes are not counted.</para>
+extra bytes are not counted.</para>
 
 </sect1>
 </chapter>
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 <title>Module Types</title>
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-<title>Module Types</title>
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+<title>File Access Codes</title>
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+<colspec colwidth="1.4in">
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 	    <entry>READ</entry>
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 <title>$40* F$DelTsk Deallocate process Task number F$DelTsk</title>
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 <title>$4E* F$FModul Find Module directory entry F$FModul</title>
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 <title>$3E* F$FreeHB get Free High block  F$FreeHB</title>
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 <title>$19 F$GBlkMp Get system Block Map copy F$GBlkMp</title>
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 <title>$1D F$UnLoad Unlink module by name F$UnLoad</title>
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