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diff --git a/man2/write.2 b/man2/write.2 index 4c0cca4767..05dc28a7b2 100644 --- a/man2/write.2 +++ b/man2/write.2 @@ -86,6 +86,13 @@ that can be proved to occur after a .BR write () has returned will return the new data. Note that not all filesystems are POSIX conforming. + +According to POSIX.1, if +.I count +is greater than +.BR SSIZE_MAX , +the result is implementation-defined; +see NOTES for the upper limit on Linux. .SH RETURN VALUE On success, the number of bytes written is returned (zero indicates nothing was written). |