X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/mLib/blobdiff_plain/b6b9d458c78364bdbbd7fbd7ec543bc364014b45..4a74ab7362a5ce6fc2ef4e4b20dc784c5f6f5f4e:/man/crc32.3 diff --git a/man/crc32.3 b/man/crc32.3 index 911cf5f..3d2dead 100644 --- a/man/crc32.3 +++ b/man/crc32.3 @@ -1,7 +1,16 @@ .\" -*-nroff-*- -.TH crc32 3mLib "8 May 1999" "mLib" +.ie t \{\ +. ds ss \s8\u +. ds se \d\s0 +.\} +.el \{\ +. ds ss ^ +. ds se +.\} +.TH crc32 3 "8 May 1999" "mLib" .SH NAME crc32 \- calculate 32-bit CRC +.\" @crc32 .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B "#include " @@ -40,9 +49,11 @@ a given block in a way which doesn't change its (unknown) CRC. .PP The exact behaviour of the CRC is beyond the scope of this manual; suffice to say that the result is, in some suitable representation, the -remainder after division in the finite field GF(2^32) of the block by a -carefully chosen polynomial of order 32. +remainder after division in the finite field GF(2\*(ss32\*(se) of the +block by a carefully chosen polynomial of order 32. .SH "RETURN VALUE" The return value is the 32-bit CRC of the input block. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR mLib (3). .SH AUTHOR Mark Wooding,