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Date:      Thu, 25 Jul 2019 15:43:16 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r350325 - in head: lib/libc/sys share/man/man9
Message-ID:  <201907251543.x6PFhGiT028706@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: bjk (doc committer)
Date: Thu Jul 25 15:43:15 2019
New Revision: 350325
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/350325

Log:
  Fix grammar nit in copy_file_range docs
  
  Bytes are countable, so we have fewer of them, not less of them.

Modified:
  head/lib/libc/sys/copy_file_range.2
  head/share/man/man9/VOP_COPY_FILE_RANGE.9

Modified: head/lib/libc/sys/copy_file_range.2
==============================================================================
--- head/lib/libc/sys/copy_file_range.2	Thu Jul 25 15:31:15 2019	(r350324)
+++ head/lib/libc/sys/copy_file_range.2	Thu Jul 25 15:43:15 2019	(r350325)
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ arguments and this system call for the
 data ranges found.
 .Pp
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
-If it succeeds, the call returns the number of bytes copied, which can be less
+If it succeeds, the call returns the number of bytes copied, which can be fewer
 than
 .Fa len .
 .Fn copy_file_range

Modified: head/share/man/man9/VOP_COPY_FILE_RANGE.9
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man9/VOP_COPY_FILE_RANGE.9	Thu Jul 25 15:31:15 2019	(r350324)
+++ head/share/man/man9/VOP_COPY_FILE_RANGE.9	Thu Jul 25 15:43:15 2019	(r350325)
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ It should be reduced by the number of bytes copied, wh
 the value pointed to by
 .Fa len
 will normally be zero for a non-error return.
-However, a copy of less bytes than requested is permitted.
+However, a copy of fewer bytes than requested is permitted.
 .Sh LOCKS
 The vnode are unlocked on entry and must be unlocked on return.
 The byte ranges for both



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