Use ellipsis in the synopsis, and an appropriate explanation in

the text of the manual page.

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Joseph Koshy 1998-09-08 02:02:50 +00:00
parent 6b94cd72da
commit 434f577807
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <fcntl.h>
.Ft int
.Fn fcntl "int fd" "int cmd" "int arg"
.Fn fcntl "int fd" "int cmd" "..."
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Fn Fcntl
provides for control over descriptors.
@ -48,7 +48,11 @@ The argument
.Fa fd
is a descriptor to be operated on by
.Fa cmd
as follows:
as described below. Depending on the value of
.Fa cmd ,
.Nm
can take an additional third argument
.Fa "int arg" .
.Bl -tag -width F_GETOWNX
.It Dv F_DUPFD
Return a new descriptor as follows:

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.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <fcntl.h>
.Ft int
.Fn open "const char *path" "int flags" "mode_t mode"
.Fn open "const char *path" "int flags" "..."
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The file name specified by
.Fa path
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argument may indicate the file is to be
created if it does not exist (by specifying the
.Dv O_CREAT
flag), in which case the file is created with mode
flag). In this case
.Nm
requires a third argument
.Fa "mode_t mode" ,
and the file is created with mode
.Fa mode
as described in
.Xr chmod 2