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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-08-24 11:29:35 +1200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-08-24 11:29:35 +1200 |
| commit | 6a459f6feec745b6a77a7829509754ef0b5dda3c (patch) | |
| tree | a76b89ab49f6c52245d1ddbf46b990dede421199 /man2 | |
| parent | 4529738e46d594bfca17cfb00acc91e96d60d383 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-6a459f6feec745b6a77a7829509754ef0b5dda3c.tar.gz | |
fcntl.2: Minor wording fix for F_DUPFD
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man2')
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/fcntl.2 | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man2/fcntl.2 b/man2/fcntl.2 index 19dd9f3201..6795dc35f2 100644 --- a/man2/fcntl.2 +++ b/man2/fcntl.2 @@ -106,11 +106,10 @@ indicating that the kernel does not recognize this value. .SS Duplicating a file descriptor .TP .BR F_DUPFD " (\fIint\fP)" -Find the lowest numbered available file descriptor -greater than or equal to -.I arg -and make it be a copy of -.IR fd . +Duplicate the file descriptor +.IR fd +using the lowest-numbered available file descriptor greater than or equal to +.IR arg . This is different from .BR dup2 (2), which uses exactly the file descriptor specified. |