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Diffstat (limited to 'man2/lseek.2')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/man2/lseek.2 b/man2/lseek.2 index 8b184cecea..ae46244af3 100644 --- a/man2/lseek.2 +++ b/man2/lseek.2 @@ -205,8 +205,17 @@ The resulting file offset cannot be represented in an .B ESPIPE .I fd is associated with a pipe, socket, or FIFO. +.SH VERSIONS +On Linux, using +.BR lseek () +on a terminal device fails with the error +.BR ESPIPE . +.\" Other systems return the number of written characters, +.\" using SEEK_SET to set the counter. (Of written characters.) .SH STANDARDS -POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, SVr4, 4.3BSD. +POSIX.1-2008. +.SH HISTORY +POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.3BSD. .PP .B SEEK_DATA and @@ -230,20 +239,9 @@ then a moves the file offset to the end of the file, regardless of the use of .BR lseek (). .PP -The -.I off_t -data type is a signed integer data type specified by POSIX.1. -.PP Some devices are incapable of seeking and POSIX does not specify which devices must support .BR lseek (). -.PP -On Linux, using -.BR lseek () -on a terminal device fails with the error -\fBESPIPE\fP. -.\" Other systems return the number of written characters, -.\" using SEEK_SET to set the counter. (Of written characters.) .SH SEE ALSO .BR dup (2), .BR fallocate (2), |