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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-04-11 18:03:39 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-04-14 20:18:14 +0100 |
| commit | aead9ac9bfa4bf8fc9b9d1d2ffa3a6d573fa760e (patch) | |
| tree | be59bf5e1e53896dbc6bef68adc4bb250b9b37b6 | |
| parent | b4b1c3e7d0aa0311b6756176cf3a11c885854963 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-aead9ac9bfa4bf8fc9b9d1d2ffa3a6d573fa760e.tar.gz | |
read.2: Clarify that 'size_t' and 'ssize_t' are integer types specified in POSIX
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man2/read.2 b/man2/read.2 index 4508941dc8..bb46ae2918 100644 --- a/man2/read.2 +++ b/man2/read.2 @@ -180,6 +180,13 @@ or to return the number of bytes already read. .SH CONFORMING TO SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001. .SH NOTES +The types +.I size_t +and +.I ssize_t +are, respectively, +unsigned and signed integer data types specified by POSIX.1. + On Linux, .BR read () (and similar system calls) will transfer at most |