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Diffstat (limited to 'man/man3/lockf.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/man3/lockf.3 | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man/man3/lockf.3 b/man/man3/lockf.3 index 83d5a358ff..1247fdef58 100644 --- a/man/man3/lockf.3 +++ b/man/man3/lockf.3 @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Standard C library .nf .B #include <unistd.h> .P -.BI "int lockf(int " fd ", int " op ", off_t " len ); +.BI "int lockf(int " fd ", int " op ", off_t " size ); .fi .P .RS -4 @@ -39,17 +39,17 @@ The file is specified by a file descriptor open for writing, the action by .IR op , and the section consists of byte positions -.IR pos .. pos + len \-1 +.IR pos .. pos + size \-1 if -.I len +.I size is positive, and -.IR pos \- len .. pos \-1 +.IR pos \- size .. pos \-1 if -.I len +.I size is negative, where .I pos is the current file position, and if -.I len +.I size is zero, the section extends from the current file position to infinity, encompassing the present and future end-of-file positions. In all cases, the section may extend past current end-of-file. |