docs: Update the uptime man pages

Three functions in the same manpage but use the so commands
to refer to the main man page.
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.\" (C) Copyright 2016 Craig Small <csmall@enc.com.au>
.\" (C) Copyright 2016-2020 Craig Small <csmall@dropbear.xyz>
.\"
.\" %%%LICENSE_START(LGPL_2.1+)
.\" This manual is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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.\" Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
.\" %%%LICENSE_END
.\"
.TH PROCPS_UPTIME 3 2016-05-01 "libproc-2"
.TH PROCPS_UPTIME 3 2020-05-18 "libproc-2"
.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
.\"
.SH NAME
procps_uptime \-
procps_uptime, procps_sprint, procps_uptime_sprint_short \-
provide the uptime and idle time in seconds
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <proc/procps.h>
.sp
.PP
.BI "int procps_uptime(double * " uptime_secs ", double * " idle_secs ");"
.B char *procps_uptime_sprint(void);
.B char *procps_uptime_sprint_short(void);
.sp
Link with \fI\-lprocps\fP.
.SH DESCRIPTION
The function
.BR procps_uptime ()
fills the location of the two double points with the current sytem uptime
and idle time.
returns the uptime and idle time of the system. Either the
\fIuptime_secs\fR or \fIidle_secs\fR can be \fBNULL\fR in which case that
variable will not be returned.
The \fBsprint\fR variety of the functions return a human-readable
string of the uptime and other statistics.
.SH RETURN VALUE
.BR procps_uptime ()
returns 0 on success. On failure, it
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.BR procps_uptime ()
may also return any (negated) value that \fBfopen\fR() may set errno to.
.BR procps_uptime_sprint_short ()
return a string from a statically allocated buffer which displays uptime.
.BR procps_uptime_sprint ()
also displays users and load average in the buffer. The formats are the
same as
.BR uptime (1)
with and without the
.B \-p
option.
.SH FILES
.TP
.I /proc/uptime
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first appeared in libproc-2 version 0.0.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR uptime (1),
.BR fopen (3),
.BR proc (5).

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.\" (C) Copyright 2016 Craig Small <csmall@enc.com.au>
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.TH PROCPS_uptime_sprint_SPRINT 3 2016-04-16 "libproc-2"
.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
.\"
.SH NAME
procps_uptime_sprint \-
provide the uptime and idle time in seconds
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <proc/procps.h>
.sp
.B char procps_uptime_sprint(void);
.br
.B char procps_uptime_sprint_short(void);
.sp
Link with \fI\-lprocps\fP.
.SH DESCRIPTION
The functions
.BR procps_uptime_sprint ()
and
.BR procps_uptime_sprint_short ()
return a string from a statically allocated buffer which displays uptime
and other system statistics. This format is similar to
.BR w (1)
.SH RETURN VALUE
Both functions return a formatted string on success and NULL on failure.
.PP
.B procps_uptime_sprint
returns a string displaying the uptime, number of users and load average.
.PP
.B procps_uptime_sprint_short
returns a string displaying the uptime only.
.SH VERSIONS
.B procps_uptime_sprint()
and
.B procps_uptime_sprint_short()
first appeared in libproc-2 version 0.0.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR fopen (3),
.BR procps_loadavg (3),
.BR procps_uptime (3),
.BR proc (5).
.so man3/procps_uptime.3

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.so man3/procps_uptime_sprint.1
.so man3/procps_uptime.3