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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/revoke.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/revoke.2 | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/revoke.2 b/lib/libc/sys/revoke.2 index 687a3171adac..f420db9a65c2 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/revoke.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/revoke.2 @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn revoke -function invalidates all current open file descriptors in the system +system call invalidates all current open file descriptors in the system for the file named by .Fa path . Subsequent operations on any such descriptors @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ from a character device file which has been revoked returns a count of zero (end of file), and a .Fn close -call will succeed. +system call will succeed. If the file is a special file for a device which is open, the device close function is called as if all open references to the file had been closed. @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ is called as if all open references to the file had been closed. Access to a file may be revoked only by its owner or the super user. The .Fn revoke -function is currently supported only for block and character special +system call is currently supported only for block and character special device files. It is normally used to prepare a terminal device for a new login session, preventing any access by a previous user of the terminal. @@ -103,5 +103,5 @@ The caller is neither the owner of the file nor the super user. .Sh HISTORY The .Fn revoke -function was introduced in +system call first appeared in .Bx 4.3 Reno . |