fsync.2: Give some examples of files where sync can fail with EINVAL

Reported-by: Georg Sauthoff <gsauthof@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2016-04-21 14:28:53 +02:00
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@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ An error occurred during synchronization.
.TP
.BR EROFS ", " EINVAL
.I fd
is bound to a special file which does not support synchronization.
is bound to a special file (e.g., a pipe, FIFO, or socket)
which does not support synchronization.
.SH CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, 4.3BSD.
.SH AVAILABILITY