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revoke(2) is supported on regular files under current. Change wording

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in manual page that indicated otherwise.

PR:		docs/9517
Submitted by:	David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>
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Joseph Koshy 1999-01-18 02:37:03 +00:00
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@ -65,10 +65,8 @@ is called as if all open references to the file had been closed.
Access to a file may be revoked only by its owner or the super user.
The
.Fn revoke
function is currently supported only for block and character special
device files.
It is normally used to prepare a terminal device for a new login session,
preventing any access by a previous user of the terminal.
function is normally used to prepare a terminal device for a new
login session, preventing any access by a previous user of the terminal.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
A 0 value indicated that the call succeeded. A \-1 return value
indicates an error occurred and
@ -92,8 +90,9 @@ Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
.Fa Path
points outside the process's allocated address space.
.It Bq Er EINVAL
The named file is neither a character special or block
special file.
The named file does not support the
.Fn revoke
operation.
.It Bq Er EPERM
The caller is neither the owner of the file nor the super user.
.El