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author | Todd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2001-09-29 15:44:23 +0000 |
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committer | Todd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2001-09-29 15:44:23 +0000 |
commit | 0337acda2730c848922c321b0174ad91dc36e267 (patch) | |
tree | 2b6125e8f567c2418869c4bc7fced291d9a2b324 /lib/libc | |
parent | e0d88dccf159eb1b6ca31efd5fddfe994fa3bed7 (diff) |
Move return value info into its own "RETURN VALUES" section.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/open.2 | 17 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/open.2 b/lib/libc/sys/open.2 index 54b5963bc07..56ef0d6f623 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/open.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/open.2 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: open.2,v 1.23 2001/08/05 21:08:06 hugh Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: open.2,v 1.24 2001/09/29 15:44:22 millert Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: open.2,v 1.8 1995/02/27 12:35:14 cgd Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 @@ -157,12 +157,10 @@ If creating a file with the request for the lock will never fail (provided that the underlying filesystem supports locking). .Pp -If successful, +If .Fn open -returns a non-negative integer, termed a file descriptor. -It returns \-1 on failure. -The file pointer used to mark the current position within the -file is set to the beginning of the file. +is successful, the file pointer used to mark the current position within +the file is set to the beginning of the file. .Pp When a new file is created it is given the group of the directory which contains it. @@ -178,6 +176,13 @@ The system imposes a limit on the number of file descriptors open simultaneously by one process. .Xr getdtablesize 3 returns the current system limit. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +If successful, +.Fn open +returns a non-negative integer, termed a file descriptor. +Otherwise, a value of \-1 is returned and +.Va errno +is set to indicate the error. .Sh ERRORS The named file is opened unless: .Bl -tag -width Er |