Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 09:49:24 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@freebsd.org>, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, cvs-src@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/ufs/ufs ufs_vnops.c Message-ID: <20060605001924.GK55506@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200606020926.14830.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <200605311315.k4VDFUhD093628@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060602093829.GE23618@submonkey.net> <20060602102502.GF55506@wantadilla.lemis.com> <200606020926.14830.jhb@freebsd.org>
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--2OzUYMsT4j3Kc+NU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Friday, 2 June 2006 at 9:26:13 -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > On Friday 02 June 2006 06:25, Greg 'groggy' Lehey 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? > > Shouldn't that be "Which colour?" or even "Which color?" *duck* I don't think so. Why should it? Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --2OzUYMsT4j3Kc+NU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEg3iMIubykFB6QiMRAqWkAJ4to1cfPMNLQGlxiWBgH6+GHHkmdgCfWgNa mnhUBgccUxuE8il2En8CC5k= =4JpO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2OzUYMsT4j3Kc+NU--
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