From 4b08438c2232533ba1e4fe5c261e699558b46c24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jilles Tjoelker Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 22:09:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] dup(2): Clarify return value, in particular of dup2(). --- lib/libc/sys/dup.2 | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/dup.2 b/lib/libc/sys/dup.2 index 7b36d273115f..4254b9e72812 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/dup.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/dup.2 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)dup.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd April 21, 2013 +.Dd June 1, 2013 .Dt DUP 2 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -113,10 +113,11 @@ is a valid descriptor, then .Fn dup2 is successful, and does nothing. .Sh RETURN VALUES -The value -1 is returned if an error occurs in either call. -The external variable +These calls return the new file descriptor if successful; +otherwise the value -1 is returned and +the external variable .Va errno -indicates the cause of the error. +is set to indicate the cause of the error. .Sh ERRORS The .Fn dup