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authormpp <mpp@FreeBSD.org>1996-07-03 02:55:10 +0000
committermpp <mpp@FreeBSD.org>1996-07-03 02:55:10 +0000
commit89d89d73131789e28cb7830bcbba1607aac96fa5 (patch)
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parent142a6ee13511f951a36b67b3f147f8acdc23b46f (diff)
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Describe the "file pointer" in lseeks' man page a bit better
so that it is less likely someone will confuse it with a "FILE *" type pointer. Submitted by: Based on James Raynard's patch
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/lseek.2')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/sys/lseek.25
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/lseek.2 b/lib/libc/sys/lseek.2
index ef38451..b3892e3 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/lseek.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/lseek.2
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ The argument
must be an open
file descriptor.
.Fn Lseek
-repositions the file pointer
+repositions the file position pointer associated with the file
+descriptor
.Fa fildes
as follows:
.Bl -item -offset indent
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ is set to indicate
the error.
.Sh ERRORS
.Fn Lseek
-will fail and the file pointer will remain unchanged if:
+will fail and the file position pointer will remain unchanged if:
.Bl -tag -width [EINVAL]
.It Bq Er EBADF
.Em Fildes
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