On 2023-08-03 15:22, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > 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". s/old/ancient/ :) > > Cheers, > Alex > >> .SH STANDARDS >> POSIX.1-2008. >> .SH HISTORY > -- <http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/> GPG key fingerprint: A9348594CE31283A826FBDD8D57633D441E25BB5
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