Hi Heinrich, On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 10:05 PM, Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@xxxxxx> wrote: > flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFL); > > can return more flags than those defined in the open(2) manpage, e.g. > #define FMODE_NONOTIFY 0x1000000 > > The manpage should point this out. > > Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@xxxxxx> I think it might be good to mention a concrete example here. So, how about explicitly mentioning the FMODE_NONOTIFY and the fanotify(7) man page. Could you redraft? Thanks, Michael > --- > man2/fcntl.2 | 3 +++ > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/man2/fcntl.2 b/man2/fcntl.2 > index fc1d3b3..0fd2d0a 100644 > --- a/man2/fcntl.2 > +++ b/man2/fcntl.2 > @@ -180,6 +180,9 @@ The file status flags and their semantics are described in > Get the file access mode and the file status flags; > .I arg > is ignored. > +The return value contains the file status flags as described in > +.IR open (2). > +It may additionally contain status flags that are only used internally. > .TP > .BR F_SETFL " (\fIint\fP)" > Set the file status flags to the value specified by > -- > 1.9.2 > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- 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
