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Date:      Sun, 19 May 1996 00:07:16 GMT
From:      James Raynard <james@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   docs/1214: lseek() manpage refers to fildes argument as a file pointer
Message-ID:  <199605190007.AAA04710@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
Resent-Message-ID: <199605182350.QAA06522@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         1214
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       lseek() manpage refers to fildes argument as a file pointer
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat May 18 16:50:01 PDT 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     James Raynard
>Organization:
A FreeBSD box
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT i386
>Environment:

FreeBSD 2.1.0 and -current, probably back to 2.0 as well.

>Description:

The man page says:

   Lseek() repositions the file pointer fildes as follows:

Presumably this should be 'the file pointer associated with fildes',
or words to that effect, as fildes is a file descriptor. ('file
pointer' is dangerously similar to 'FILE pointer' - and anyway it's
not correct).

>How-To-Repeat:

man lseek

>Fix:

Apply this patch in /usr/src/lib/libc/sys:-

*** lseek.2~	Sat May 18 23:39:46 1996
--- lseek.2	Sat May 18 23:41:02 1996
***************
*** 56,62 ****
  must be an open
  file descriptor.
  .Fn Lseek
! repositions the file pointer
  .Fa fildes
  as follows:
  .Bl -item -offset indent
--- 56,62 ----
  must be an open
  file descriptor.
  .Fn Lseek
! repositions the file pointer associated with
  .Fa fildes
  as follows:
  .Bl -item -offset indent
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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