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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2007-07-10 20:57:30 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2007-07-10 20:57:30 +0000 |
| commit | 6f1a1e6143733f5f2853fc3c8efd73c3aa03beeb (patch) | |
| tree | 742d8ed335b4c4c8242f9a91b5f09303e45fe0fd | |
| parent | bb3b61747ed5c1cf8cb1f17eeebd03738a8b3232 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-6f1a1e6143733f5f2853fc3c8efd73c3aa03beeb.tar.gz | |
Minor improvements in text describing underlying system calls.
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/stat.2 | 5 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man2/stat.2 b/man2/stat.2 index e79ac14c84..30212ba1da 100644 --- a/man2/stat.2 +++ b/man2/stat.2 @@ -440,12 +440,11 @@ and .IR sys_stat64() (new in kernel 2.4; slot .IR __NR_stat64 ). -The last of these is the most current, -but the other interfaces must be maintained for the benefit of old binaries. The glibc .BR stat () wrapper function hides these details from applications, -invoking the most recent version of the system call provided by the kernel. +invoking the most recent version of the system call provided by the kernel, +and repacking the returned information if required for old binaries. Similar remarks apply for .BR fstat (2) and |