From dc51a8b465d94ee644ae04eb51b3942c55d3c3f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jkoshy <jkoshy@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 02:37:03 +0000
Subject: revoke(2) is supported on regular files under current.  Change
 wording in manual page that indicated otherwise.

PR:		docs/9517
Submitted by:	David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>
---
 lib/libc/sys/revoke.2 | 11 +++++------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

(limited to 'lib')

diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/revoke.2 b/lib/libc/sys/revoke.2
index b64c9dc..8787597 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/revoke.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/revoke.2
@@ -65,10 +65,8 @@ is called as if all open references to the file had been closed.
 Access to a file may be revoked only by its owner or the super user.
 The
 .Fn revoke
-function is currently supported only for block and character special
-device files.
-It is normally used to prepare a terminal device for a new login session,
-preventing any access by a previous user of the terminal.
+function is normally used to prepare a terminal device for a new 
+login session, preventing any access by a previous user of the terminal.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 A 0 value indicated that the call succeeded.  A \-1 return value
 indicates an error occurred and
@@ -92,8 +90,9 @@ Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
 .Fa Path
 points outside the process's allocated address space.
 .It Bq Er EINVAL
-The named file is neither a character special or block
-special file.
+The named file does not support the
+.Fn revoke
+operation.
 .It Bq Er EPERM
 The caller is neither the owner of the file nor the super user.
 .El
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