[PATCH] man/man2/truncate.2: ERRORS: Add ENOSPC

[PATCH] man/man2/truncate.2: ERRORS: Add ENOSPC

[Zeno Sebastian Endemann]

This error can be observed for example on a vfat file system that
does not support extending a file without allocating the space.

Signed-off-by: Zeno Sebastian Endemann <zeno.endemann@mailbox.org>
---
 man/man2/truncate.2 | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man/man2/truncate.2 b/man/man2/truncate.2
index 946d6aaf0..c576b8329 100644
--- a/man/man2/truncate.2
+++ b/man/man2/truncate.2
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ The argument
 is larger than the maximum file size.
 (XSI)
 .TP
+.B ENOSPC
+There is not enough space left on the device for extending the
+file size to the given
+.I length .
+.TP
 .B EINTR
 While blocked waiting to complete,
 the call was interrupted by a signal handler;
-- 
2.53.0

Re: [PATCH] man/man2/truncate.2: ERRORS: Add ENOSPC

[Alejandro Colomar]

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Hi Zeno,

On 2026-04-12T16:40:07+0200, Zeno Sebastian Endemann wrote:
> This error can be observed for example on a vfat file system that
> does not support extending a file without allocating the space.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zeno Sebastian Endemann <zeno.endemann@mailbox.org>

Thanks!  I've applied the patch.

> ---
>  man/man2/truncate.2 | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/man/man2/truncate.2 b/man/man2/truncate.2
> index 946d6aaf0..c576b8329 100644
> --- a/man/man2/truncate.2
> +++ b/man/man2/truncate.2
> @@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ The argument
>  is larger than the maximum file size.
>  (XSI)
>  .TP
> +.B ENOSPC
> +There is not enough space left on the device for extending the
> +file size to the given
> +.I length .

This should be IR (italics roman) instead of I (italics), since the
period should be in roman.  I've amended the patch. 


Have a llovely day!
Alex

> +.TP
>  .B EINTR
>  While blocked waiting to complete,
>  the call was interrupted by a signal handler;
> -- 
> 2.53.0
> 
> 

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