On 06/06/2016 09:35 PM, Kai Makisara wrote: > 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 ?-) Thanks, Kai. Applied. Cheers, Michael > > 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 > -- 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
