From: Stephan Mueller <stephan.mueller-fwYZOkdEjagAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: sync_file_range2() man page
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 14:40:55 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201010091440.58657.stephan.mueller@atsec.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=WLtBgVaasueS_E59NpCJ++GP5sF4fFUdP+4T_-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
Am Samstag, 9. Oktober 2010, um 05:39:08 schrieb Michael Kerrisk:
Hi Michael,
> [was: man pages for undocumented system calls]
>
> Stephan,
>
> Thanks for this page. It is worth documenting the existence of this
> system call, but we need to do it differently:
>
> 1. It's best documented as an addition to the sync_file_rabge.2 page.
>
> 2. There needs to be an explanation of why the system call exists.
>
> I wrote the patch below for man-pages-3.29.
Thanks a lot. Your suggestion seems to be more appropriate than a separate man
page.
But could you please add a symlink from sync_file_range2.2.gz
sync_file_range.2.gz.
Ciao
Stephan
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2010-10-09 3:39 sync_file_range2() man page Michael Kerrisk
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2010-10-09 12:40 ` Stephan Mueller [this message]
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