Re: Typo in flock(2) manpage

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Hello Rares,

On 05/06/2017 09:45 PM, Rares Aioanei wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> In the DESCRIPTION section of the flock(2) system call, it says "Locks
> created by flock() are associated with an open file description (see
> open(2))." I'm pretty sure "file description" should be "file
> descriptor". This also appears in the latest version of the manual
> pages. I'm using manpages v. 4.10 (2016-03-15) on a Debian
> stable/testing machine.

Actually, it really is correct. Take a look at the open(2) man page.

Cheers,

Michael


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