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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. |