From 6a459f6feec745b6a77a7829509754ef0b5dda3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:29:35 +1200 Subject: [PATCH] fcntl.2: Minor wording fix for F_DUPFD Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man2/fcntl.2 | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/fcntl.2 b/man2/fcntl.2 index 19dd9f320..6795dc35f 100644 --- a/man2/fcntl.2 +++ b/man2/fcntl.2 @@ -106,11 +106,10 @@ indicating that the kernel does not recognize this value. .SS Duplicating a file descriptor .TP .BR F_DUPFD " (\fIint\fP)" -Find the lowest numbered available file descriptor -greater than or equal to -.I arg -and make it be a copy of -.IR fd . +Duplicate the file descriptor +.IR fd +using the lowest-numbered available file descriptor greater than or equal to +.IR arg . This is different from .BR dup2 (2), which uses exactly the file descriptor specified.