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authorRoland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>2002-09-06 19:20:20 +0000
committerRoland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>2002-09-06 19:20:20 +0000
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2002-09-04 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
	* sysdeps/generic/bits/ustat.h: Comment fix.
	* io/sys/sendfile.h: Comment fix.
	* sysdeps/posix/pread.c: Comment fix.
	* sysdeps/posix/pread64.c: Comment fix.
	* sysdeps/posix/pwrite.c: Comment fix.
	* sysdeps/posix/pwrite64.c: Comment fix.
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/io/sys/sendfile.h b/io/sys/sendfile.h
index 0627c40464..797822b9fe 100644
--- a/io/sys/sendfile.h
+++ b/io/sys/sendfile.h
@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@
 
 __BEGIN_DECLS
 
-/* Send COUNT bytes from file associated with IN_FD starting at OFFSET to
-   descriptor OUT_FD.  */
+/* Send up to COUNT bytes from file associated with IN_FD starting at
+   *OFFSET to descriptor OUT_FD.  Set *OFFSET to the IN_FD's file position
+   following the read bytes.  If OFFSET is a null pointer, use the normal
+   file position instead.  Return the number of written bytes, or -1 in
+   case of error.  */
 #ifndef __USE_FILE_OFFSET64
 extern ssize_t sendfile (int __out_fd, int __in_fd, off_t *__offset,
 			 size_t __count) __THROW;