From: Kai Mäkisara <kai.makisara@xxxxxxxxxxx> Fix the description of read in variable block mode if the next block is larger than the requested byte count: error is returned (as already documented with ENOMEM; better to complete the change later than never ?-) Signed-off-by: Kai Mäkisara <kai.makisara@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- man4/st.4 | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man4/st.4 b/man4/st.4 index f5eb3f7..5ac1ee2 100644 --- a/man4/st.4 +++ b/man4/st.4 @@ -192,8 +192,7 @@ If the byte count is larger than the next block on tape, the driver returns the data and the function returns the actual block size. If the block size is larger than the -byte count, the requested amount of data from the start of the block -is returned and the rest of the block is discarded. +byte count, error is returned. .PP In fixed-block mode the read byte counts can be arbitrary if buffering is enabled, or a multiple of the tape block size if -- 2.6.6
