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lseek.2: Add reference to open(2) for discussion of file descriptors and OFDs 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.\" Modified 2003-08-21 by Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl>
.\" 2011-09-18, mtk, Added SEEK_DATA + SEEK_HOLE
.\"
.TH LSEEK 2 2014-01-22 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.TH LSEEK 2 2014-05-01 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
lseek \- reposition read/write file offset
.SH SYNOPSIS
@ -225,6 +225,11 @@ FreeBSD, and DragonFly BSD;
they are proposed for inclusion in the next POSIX revision (Issue 8).
.\" FIXME . Review http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=415 in the future
.SH NOTES
See
.BR open (2)
for a discussion of the relationship between file descriptors,
open file descriptions, and files.
Some devices are incapable of seeking and POSIX does not specify which
devices must support
.BR lseek ().