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diff --git a/manual/creature.texi b/manual/creature.texi index 5247d7192d..c825edd5ae 100644 --- a/manual/creature.texi +++ b/manual/creature.texi @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ Single Unix Specification, @w{version 2}. @comment X/Open @defvr Macro _LARGEFILE_SOURCE If this macro is defined some extra functions are available which -rectify a few shortcomings in all previous standards. More concrete +rectify a few shortcomings in all previous standards. Specifically, the functions @code{fseeko} and @code{ftello} are available. Without these functions the difference between the @w{ISO C} interface (@code{fseek}, @code{ftell}) and the low-level POSIX interface @@ -156,16 +156,16 @@ contain @code{64} to indicate the intention, e.g., @code{off_t} vs. @code{off64_t} and @code{fseeko} vs. @code{fseeko64}. This macro was introduced as part of the Large File Support extension -(LFS). It is a transition interface for the time @w{64 bit} offsets are -not generally used (see @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS}). +(LFS). It is a transition interface for the period when @w{64 bit} +offsets are not generally used (see @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS}). @end defvr @comment (NONE) @comment X/Open @defvr Macro _FILE_OFFSET_BITS This macro determines which file system interface shall be used, one -replacing the other. While @code{_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE} makes the @w{64 -bit} interface available as an additional interface +replacing the other. Whereas @code{_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE} makes the @w{64 +bit} interface available as an additional interface, @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS} allows the @w{64 bit} interface to replace the old interface. @@ -176,9 +176,9 @@ systems. If the macro is defined to the value @code{64}, the large file interface replaces the old interface. I.e., the functions are not made available -under different names as @code{_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE} does. Instead the -old function names now reference the new functions, e.g., a call to -@code{fseeko} now indeed calls @code{fseeko64}. +under different names (as they are with @code{_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE}). +Instead the old function names now reference the new functions, e.g., a +call to @code{fseeko} now indeed calls @code{fseeko64}. This macro should only be selected if the system provides mechanisms for handling large files. On @w{64 bit} systems this macro has no effect |