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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2005-10-04 12:35:17 +0000
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2005-10-04 12:35:17 +0000
commitbe9dccdff67d98c74b6a268dd788a2d5793217a1 (patch)
tree6247f1ac09d6fc1c8f20284ad59707221fd0e673
parent473ad28f411fcae66a2b5831a7345988a3aa21be (diff)
downloadman-pages-be9dccdff67d98c74b6a268dd788a2d5793217a1.tar.gz
Improved "a+" description (fix from Fedora man-pages-2.07-7).
-rw-r--r--man3/fopen.33
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man3/fopen.3 b/man3/fopen.3
index 7ecf6695e2..e9da6d544c 100644
--- a/man3/fopen.3
+++ b/man3/fopen.3
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ if it does not exist. The stream is positioned at the end of the file.
.B a+
Open for reading and appending (writing at end of file). The file
is created if it does not exist.
-The stream is positioned at the end of the file.
+The initial file position for reading is at the beginning of the file,
+but output is always appended to the end of the file.
.PP
The
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