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splice.2: Reformat description of 'fd_in' and 'off_in' to improve readability 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2014-10-28 09:51:31 +01:00
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@ -48,11 +48,17 @@ to the file descriptor
.IR fd_out ,
where one of the descriptors must refer to a pipe.
The following semantics apply for
.I fd_in
and
.IR off_in :
.IP * 3
If
.I fd_in
refers to a pipe, then
.I off_in
must be NULL.
.IP *
If
.I fd_in
does not refer to a pipe and
@ -61,6 +67,7 @@ is NULL, then bytes are read from
.I fd_in
starting from the current file offset,
and the current file offset is adjusted appropriately.
.IP *
If
.I fd_in
does not refer to a pipe and
@ -73,6 +80,7 @@ offset from which bytes will be read from
in this case, the current file offset of
.I fd_in
is not changed.
.PP
Analogous statements apply for
.I fd_out
and