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Date:      Sat, 23 Dec 2017 05:13:39 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r327099 - head/lib/libc/stdio
Message-ID:  <201712230513.vBN5Ddi3050412@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: eadler
Date: Sat Dec 23 05:13:39 2017
New Revision: 327099
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/327099

Log:
  fopen.1: document truncation
  
  This documentation truncation similar to POSIX and glibc.
  
  PR:		202545
  Reported by:	intron@intron.ac

Modified:
  head/lib/libc/stdio/fopen.3

Modified: head/lib/libc/stdio/fopen.3
==============================================================================
--- head/lib/libc/stdio/fopen.3	Sat Dec 23 04:50:52 2017	(r327098)
+++ head/lib/libc/stdio/fopen.3	Sat Dec 23 05:13:39 2017	(r327099)
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Fail if the file does not exist.
 .It Dq Li w
 Open for writing.
 The stream is positioned at the beginning of the file.
-Create the file if it does not exist.
+Truncate the file to zero length if it exists or create the file if it does not exist.
 .It Dq Li a
 Open for writing.
 The stream is positioned at the end of the file.



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