From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephan Mueller Subject: Re: sync_file_range2() man page Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 14:40:55 +0200 Message-ID: <201010091440.58657.stephan.mueller@atsec.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Am Samstag, 9. Oktober 2010, um 05:39:08 schrieb Michael Kerrisk: Hi Michael, > [was: man pages for undocumented system calls] >=20 > Stephan, >=20 > Thanks for this page. It is worth documenting the existence of this > system call, but we need to do it differently: >=20 > 1. It's best documented as an addition to the sync_file_rabge.2 page. >=20 > 2. There needs to be an explanation of why the system call exists. >=20 > I wrote the patch below for man-pages-3.29. Thanks a lot. Your suggestion seems to be more appropriate than a separ= ate man=20 page. But could you please add a symlink from sync_file_range2.2.gz=20 sync_file_range.2.gz. Ciao Stephan --=20 Stephan M=FCller Stephan.Mueller-fwYZOkdEjagAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org +49 172 216 55 78 atsec information security GmbH, Steinstra=DFe 70, 81667 M=FCnchen, Ger= many Gesch=E4ftsf=FChrer: Salvatore la Pietra, Staffan Persson HRB: 129439 (Amtsgericht M=FCnchen) atsec it security news blog - atsec-information-security.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html