Hi! On 2023-08-03 13:52, наб wrote: > POSIX has for a long time implied that directories are fsyncable, > and since Issue 8 explicitly specifies directory syncing semantics: > https://www.austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=672 > > Simultaneously, directories being unopenable for writing is a > Longest-Standing UNIX Semantic, present in the UNIX Programmer's Manual > under directory (V), and has always been enshrined in the standards. > > Kill the FUD that says that some UNIXes require the fd to be writable: > they /must not/ and this confuses users: > https://101010.pl/@eater@cijber.social/110824211348995583 > > Signed-off-by: Ahelenia Ziemiańska <nabijaczleweli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > man2/fsync.2 | 6 ------ > 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/man2/fsync.2 b/man2/fsync.2 > index 1043e6a1b..9ced40b28 100644 > --- a/man2/fsync.2 > +++ b/man2/fsync.2 > @@ -155,12 +155,6 @@ .SH VERSIONS > .\" POSIX.1-2001: It shall be defined to -1 or 0 or 200112L. > .\" -1: unavailable, 0: ask using sysconf(). > .\" glibc defines them to 1. > -.PP > -On some UNIX systems (but not Linux), > -.I fd > -must be a > -.I writable > -file descriptor. But that's still true. HP-UX and AIX had that issue. I'd move that paragraph to HISTORY, and say "some old UNIX systems". Cheers, Alex > .SH STANDARDS > POSIX.1-2008. > .SH HISTORY -- <http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/> GPG key fingerprint: A9348594CE31283A826FBDD8D57633D441E25BB5
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