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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/read.2 | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/read.2 b/lib/libc/sys/read.2 index 2dccb0e..7a4487e 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/read.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/read.2 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ .\" @(#)read.2 8.4 (Berkeley) 2/26/94 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd July 29, 2005 +.Dd October 11, 2006 .Dt READ 2 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -169,8 +169,10 @@ points outside the allocated address space. .It Bq Er EIO An I/O error occurred while reading from the file system. .It Bq Er EINTR -A read from a slow device was interrupted before -any data arrived by the delivery of a signal. +A read from a slow device +(i.e. one that might block for an arbitrary amount of time) +was interrupted by the delivery of a signal +before any data arrived. .It Bq Er EINVAL The pointer associated with .Fa d |