https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82841 --- Comment #3 from Alan <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- sendfile is just a wrapper around splice() Whether it could therefore support O_APPEND is a good question - but one that would need asking and discussing on the lists not here, and someone to contribute the patches to do so. In the meantime we ought to get the man page fixed. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching the assignee of the bug. -- 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