Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 19:55:02 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, Maxim Konovalov <maxim@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-src@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/ufs/ufs ufs_vnops.c Message-ID: <20060602102502.GF55506@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20060602093829.GE23618@submonkey.net> References: <200605311315.k4VDFUhD093628@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060601094950.GU21998@submonkey.net> <20060601100126.GA43737@FreeBSD.org> <200606010858.39417.jhb@freebsd.org> <20060602023102.J34761@delplex.bde.org> <20060602002459.GI80617@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20060602093829.GE23618@submonkey.net>
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--z+pzSjdB7cqptWpS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline 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? Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --z+pzSjdB7cqptWpS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEgBH+IubykFB6QiMRAnhOAJ0YiHWFaMfKCU6V3hbCGq3+3YT44gCfUyiW 9VKVFK6mZ/lRZWJuWaJC5sQ= =URe/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --z+pzSjdB7cqptWpS--
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