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@@ -62,15 +62,7 @@ T} Thread safety MT-Safe
.hy
.ad
.sp 1
-.SH STANDARDS
-SVr4, 4.4BSD (the
-.BR getdtablesize ()
-function first appeared in 4.2BSD).
-It is not specified in POSIX.1;
-portable applications should employ
-.I sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX)
-instead of this call.
-.SH NOTES
+.SH VERSIONS
The glibc version of
.BR getdtablesize ()
calls
@@ -83,6 +75,15 @@ when that fails.
.\" The libc4 and libc5 versions return
.\" .B OPEN_MAX
.\" (set to 256 since Linux 0.98.4).
+.PP
+Portable applications should employ
+.I sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX)
+instead of this call.
+.SH STANDARDS
+None.
+.SH HISTORY
+SVr4, 4.4BSD
+(first appeared in 4.2BSD).
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR close (2),
.BR dup (2),