Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 08:58:38 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> Cc: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-src@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org>, Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/ufs/ufs ufs_vnops.c Message-ID: <200606010858.39417.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20060601100126.GA43737@FreeBSD.org> References: <200605311315.k4VDFUhD093628@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060601094950.GU21998@submonkey.net> <20060601100126.GA43737@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thursday 01 June 2006 06:01, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 10:49:50AM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 12:05:23PM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > > On Wednesday, 31 May 2006 at 13:15:29 +0000, Maxim Konovalov wrote: > > > > maxim 2006-05-31 13:15:29 UTC > > > > > > > > FreeBSD src repository > > > > > > > > Modified files: > > > > sys/ufs/ufs ufs_vnops.c > > > > Log: > > > > o According to POSIX, the result of ftruncate(2) is unspecified > > > > for file types other than VREG, VDIR and shared memory objects. > > > > We already handle VREG, VLNK and VDIR cases. Silently ignore > > > > > > > > Revision Changes Path > > > > 1.276 +22 -4 src/sys/ufs/ufs/ufs_vnops.c > > > > > > Is this worth a man page update? > > > > Undoubtedly. Does the attached look like enough? I'm not sure if we > > want to add a STANDARDS section for this when it's valid behaviour. > > > > Ceri > > -- > > That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. > > -- Moliere > > > Index: src/lib/libc/sys/truncate.2 > > =================================================================== > > RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/lib/libc/sys/truncate.2,v > > retrieving revision 1.17 > > diff -u -r1.17 truncate.2 > > --- src/lib/libc/sys/truncate.2 20 Jan 2005 09:17:05 -0000 1.17 > > +++ src/lib/libc/sys/truncate.2 1 Jun 2006 09:47:19 -0000 > > @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ > > .\" @(#)truncate.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 > > .\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/sys/truncate.2,v 1.17 2005/01/20 09:17:05 ru Exp $ > > .\" > > -.Dd June 4, 1993 > > +.Dd June 1, 2006 > > .Dt TRUNCATE 2 > > .Os > > .Sh NAME > > @@ -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. -- John Baldwin
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