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lseek64.3: Minor clarifications 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2020-11-23 09:20:32 +01:00
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@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ lseek64 \- reposition 64-bit read/write file offset
.BI "off64_t lseek64(int " fd ", off64_t " offset ", int " whence );
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR lseek (2)
.BR lseek ()
family of functions reposition the offset of the open file associated
with the file descriptor
.I fd
@ -73,8 +73,9 @@ Prototype:
.EE
.in
.PP
.BR lseek (2)
uses the type
The C library's
.BR lseek ()
wrapper function uses the type
.IR off_t .
This is a 32-bit signed type on 32-bit architectures, unless one
compiles with
@ -151,7 +152,8 @@ this function symbol is no longer available to newly linked applications.
.\"
.SS _llseek()
On 32-bit architectures,
this is the system call that is used to implement all of the above functions.
this is the system call that is used (by the C library wrapper functions)
to implement all of the above functions.
The prototype is:
.PP
.in +4n