summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/gen/getcwd.314
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/getcwd.3 b/lib/libc/gen/getcwd.3
index 12a2bd6..88291c3 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/getcwd.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/getcwd.3
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" @(#)getcwd.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd November 24, 1997
+.Dd April 17, 2010
.Dt GETCWD 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -108,8 +108,6 @@ The
function
will fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
-.It Bq Er EACCES
-Read or search permission was denied for a component of the pathname.
.It Bq Er EINVAL
The
.Fa size
@@ -124,6 +122,16 @@ The
argument is greater than zero but smaller than the length of the pathname
plus 1.
.El
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn getcwd
+function
+may fail if:
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq Er EACCES
+Read or search permission was denied for a component of the pathname.
+This is only checked in limited cases, depending on implementation details.
+.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr chdir 2 ,
.Xr fchdir 2 ,
OpenPOWER on IntegriCloud