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| -rw-r--r-- | man3/isatty.3 | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man3/isatty.3 b/man3/isatty.3 index 60639c617b..ffb0ff24cb 100644 --- a/man3/isatty.3 +++ b/man3/isatty.3 @@ -52,13 +52,15 @@ is set to indicate the error. .I fd is not a valid file descriptor. .TP -.B EINVAL +.B ENOTTY .I fd refers to a file other than a terminal. -POSIX.1 specifies the error -.BR ENOTTY -.\" FIXME . File a bug for this? -for this case. +On some older kernels, some types of files +.\" e.g., FIFOs and pipes on 2.6.32) +resulted in the error +.B EINVAL +in this case (which is a violation of POSIX, which specifies the error +.BR ENOTTY ). .SH ATTRIBUTES For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see .BR attributes (7). |