HI, On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: [...] > > For 3.33 I applied a slightly modified version of you patch; see below. > > Cheers, > > Michael > > --- a/man2/sendfile.2 > +++ b/man2/sendfile.2 > @@ -92,10 +92,14 @@ The > argument must correspond to a file which supports > .BR mmap (2)-like > operations > -(i.e., it cannot be a socket); > -and > +(i.e., it cannot be a socket). > +In Linux kernels before 2.6.33, > .I out_fd > must refer to a socket. > +Since Linux 2.6.33 it can be any file. > +If it is a regular file, then > +.BR sendfile() > +changes the file offset offset appropriately. You wrote 'offset' twice here, I guess it's a typo, unless I'm missing something... Thanks, Stefan. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
