Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 06:36:03 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: maxim@FreeBSD.org, danfe@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, bde@zeta.org.au, jhb@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ceri@submonkey.net Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/ufs/ufs ufs_vnops.c Message-ID: <20060602063603.7c8e2d4d.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20060602102502.GF55506@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <200605311315.k4VDFUhD093628@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060601094950.GU21998@submonkey.net> <20060601100126.GA43737@FreeBSD.org> <200606010858.39417.jhb@freebsd.org> <20060602023102.J34761@delplex.bde.org> <20060602002459.GI80617@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20060602093829.GE23618@submonkey.net> <20060602102502.GF55506@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On Fri, 2 Jun 2006 19:55:02 +0930 "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On Friday, 2 June 2006 at 10:38:29 +0100, Ceri Davies wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 09:54:59AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > >> On Friday, 2 June 2006 at 2:50:47 +1000, Bruce Evans wrote: > >>> On Thu, 1 Jun 2006, John Baldwin wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Thursday 01 June 2006 06:01, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > >>>>> On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 10:49:50AM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote: > >>>>>> @@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ > >>>>>> the file must be open for writing. > >>>>>> .Sh RETURN VALUES > >>>>>> .Rv -std > >>>>>> +If the file to be modified is not a directory or > >>>>>> +a regular file, the > >>>>>> +.Fn truncate > >>>>>> +call will return the value 0. > >>>>> > >>>>> Doesn't "value of 0" sound better? > >>>> > >>>> Not to me, though I can't explain why. I think the phrase "X will return > >>>> the > >>>> value Y" is common in man pages though. > >>> > >>> "will return" sounds strange to be. > >> > >> Yes, it will be better if you avoid the future tense. > > > > May I recommend that one of you just change it? > > What colour? Black. My answer would have to be black. -- Tom Rhodes
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