cvs commit: src/sys/ufs/ufs ufs_vnops.c

Wilko Bulte wb at freebie.xs4all.nl
Fri Jun 2 05:46:01 PDT 2006


On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 06:36:03AM -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote..
> On Fri, 2 Jun 2006 19:55:02 +0930
> "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Friday,  2 June 2006 at 10:38:29 +0100, Ceri Davies wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 09:54:59AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> > >> On Friday,  2 June 2006 at  2:50:47 +1000, Bruce Evans wrote:
> > >>> On Thu, 1 Jun 2006, John Baldwin wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> On Thursday 01 June 2006 06:01, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> > >>>>> On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 10:49:50AM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote:
> > >>>>>> @@ -69,6 +69,10 @@
> > >>>>>> the file must be open for writing.
> > >>>>>> .Sh RETURN VALUES
> > >>>>>> .Rv -std
> > >>>>>> +If the file to be modified is not a directory or
> > >>>>>> +a regular file, the
> > >>>>>> +.Fn truncate
> > >>>>>> +call will return the value 0.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Doesn't "value of 0" sound better?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Not to me, though I can't explain why.  I think the phrase "X will return
> > >>>> the
> > >>>> value Y" is common in man pages though.
> > >>>
> > >>> "will return" sounds strange to be.
> > >>
> > >> Yes, it will be better if you avoid the future tense.
> > >
> > > May I recommend that one of you just change it?
> > 
> > What colour?
> 
> Black.  My answer would have to be black.

Dull black I hope?  Can't have it shiny.

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Wilko Bulte				wilko at FreeBSD.org


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