Hi. Not sure I have an idea for an example program. As for a paragraph documenting it, here is a patch of one suggestion, though feel free to modify it or change it as needed. --- splice.2 2024-08-26 07:39:07.553952939 +0300 +++ splice.2 2024-08-26 07:38:36.503953192 +0300 @@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ .IR fd_in ; in this case, the file offset of .I fd_in -is not changed. +is not changed, and the offset pointed to by +.I off_in +is adjusted appropriately instead.. .P Analogous statements apply for .I fd_out On Sun, Aug 25, 2024 at 12:08 PM Alejandro Colomar <alx@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello Absee, > > On Sun, Aug 25, 2024 at 07:22:43AM GMT, Absee Seeab wrote: > > Hello, > > > > The splice(2) manpage (at least the version at man7.org) does not > > specify that off_in/off_out are written to after the operation. > > > > This, however, is done by the kernel (observed both by behaviour and > > source code). > > > > Plus I see similar functions (like copy_file_range and send_file) do > > document this fact, but splice does not, so it seems like a > > documentation omission. > > > > (This caused me a bit of a debugging headache today) > > Would you mind adding an example program to that page, and also some > paragraph that documents that? > > Cheers, > Alex > > > > > Thanks > > > > -- > <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>
