diff --git a/man2/lseek.2 b/man2/lseek.2 index dee4a47fe..3d0f97fd0 100644 --- a/man2/lseek.2 +++ b/man2/lseek.2 @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ .\" Modified 2003-08-21 by Andries Brouwer .\" 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 ().