- Note that ftruncate(2) can operate on shared memory objects and cross
reference shm_open(2).
- Note that ftruncate(2) does not change the file position pointer (aka
seek pointer) of the file descriptor.
- ftruncate(2) will fail with EINVAL for all sorts of other fd types than
just sockets, so instead note that it fails for all but regular files and
shared memory objects.
- Note that ftruncate(2) also appeared in 4.2BSD along with truncate(2).
(Or at least the manpage for both appeared in 4.2, I did not check the
kernel code itself to see if either predated 4.2.)
PR: 199472 (2)
Submitted by: andrew@ugh.net.au (2)
MFC after: 1 week
Stop calling system calls "function calls".
Use "The .Fn system call" a-la "The .Nm utility".
When referring to a non-BSD implementation in
the HISTORY section, call syscall a function,
to be safe.
track.
The $Id$ line is normally at the bottom of the main comment block in the
man page, separated from the rest of the manpage by an empty comment,
like so;
.\" $Id$
.\"
If the immediately preceding comment is a @(#) format ID marker than the
the $Id$ will line up underneath it with no intervening blank lines.
Otherwise, an additional blank line is inserted.
Approved by: bde
in a bunch of man pages.
Use the correct .Bx (BSD UNIX) or .At (AT&T UNIX) macros
instead of explicitly specifying the version in the text
in a bunch of man pages.
