Fix minor formatting errors.

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.\" $NetBSD: psignal.9,v 1.3 1997/11/11 10:07:21 mrg Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: psignal.9,v 1.4 1999/03/06 21:55:16 mycroft Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
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.Ft void
.Fn "gsignal" "int pgid" "int signum"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
These functions post a signal to one or more processes. The argument
These functions post a signal to one or more processes.
The argument
.Fa signum
common to all three functions should be in the range
.Bq 1- Ns Dv NSIG .
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.Fa p .
With a few exceptions noted below, the target process signal disposition is
updated and is marked as runnable, so further handling of the signal is done
in the context of the target process after a context switch. Note that
in the context of the target process after a context switch.
Note that
.Fn psignal
does not by itself cause a context switch to happen.
.Pp
The target process is not marked as runnable in the following cases:
.Bl -bullet -offset indent
.It
The target process is sleeping uninterruptibly. The signal will be
The target process is sleeping uninterruptibly.
The signal will be
noticed when the process returns from the system call or trap.
.It
The target process is currently ignoring the signal.
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.Fa pgrp
and calling
.Fn psignal
as appropriate. If
as appropriate.
If
.Fa pgrp
is
.Dv NULL
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.Fn pgsignal
with the argument
.Fa checkctty
set to zero. If
set to zero.
If
.Fa pgid
is zero no action is taken.
.Sh SEE ALSO