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 -- cgit v1.1