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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/getdents.2 | 20 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/getdents.2 b/lib/libc/sys/getdents.2 index 6bfdcfdd9dd..60c7dd54736 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/getdents.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/getdents.2 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: getdents.2,v 1.1 2013/10/07 01:50:26 guenther Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: getdents.2,v 1.2 2013/12/01 04:07:18 guenther Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: getdirentries.2,v 1.7 1995/10/12 15:40:50 jtc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" .\" @(#)getdirentries.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: October 7 2013 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: December 1 2013 $ .Dt GETDENTS 2 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -129,15 +129,13 @@ is set to point to the next block of entries. The pointer may not advance by the number of bytes returned by .Fn getdents . .Pp -.Fn getdents -writes the position of the block read into the location pointed to by -.Fa basep . -Alternatively, the current position pointer may be set and retrieved by +The current position pointer may be set and retrieved by .Xr lseek 2 . The current position pointer should only be set to a value returned by .Xr lseek 2 , -a value returned in the location pointed to by -.Fa basep , +the value of +.Fa d_off +from an entry, or zero. .Sh RETURN VALUES If successful, the number of bytes actually transferred is returned. @@ -154,11 +152,9 @@ will fail if: .Fa fd is not a valid file descriptor open for reading. .It Bq Er EFAULT -Either +Part of .Fa buf -or -.Fa basep -points outside the allocated address space. +points outside the process's allocated address space. .It Bq Er EINVAL The file referenced by .Fa fd |