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authorCharles.Forsyth <devnull@localhost>2008-01-09 22:46:18 +0000
committerCharles.Forsyth <devnull@localhost>2008-01-09 22:46:18 +0000
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@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ file open on
it allows, for instance,
a process to use
.B alt
-to exchange data with a process but also watch for to exit (for good or ill).
+to exchange data with a process but also see it exit (for good or ill).
It starts a monitor process that applies
.B read
to
.I fd
-and send the resulting tuple on a channel.
+and sends each resulting tuple on a channel.
It returns a tuple
.BI ( pid\f5,\fP\ c )
where