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[5/6] system_data_types.7: Add 'off64_t'

Message ID 20201027162114.47521-6-colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com
State Not applicable
Headers
Series Add loff_t & off64_t, and update off_t |

Commit Message

Alejandro Colomar Oct. 27, 2020, 4:21 p.m. UTC 
  Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com>
---
 man7/system_data_types.7 | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)

Comments

Michael Kerrisk \(man-pages\) Oct. 27, 2020, 4:42 p.m. UTC | #1 
On 10/27/20 5:21 PM, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com>
> ---
>  man7/system_data_types.7 | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)

I think we shouldn't document this.
See https://www.opengroup.org/platform/lfs.html

This type, and the _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE macro date
to a time of transition in the 1990s. It's largely
irrelevant now, i think.

Thanks,

Michael

> diff --git a/man7/system_data_types.7 b/man7/system_data_types.7
> index 313cf059e..0558060d3 100644
> --- a/man7/system_data_types.7
> +++ b/man7/system_data_types.7
> @@ -751,6 +751,37 @@ and
>  .I off_t
>  types in this page.
>  .RE
> +.\"------------------------------------- off64_t ----------------------/
> +.TP
> +.I off64_t
> +.RS
> +.IR Include :
> +.IR <sys/types.h> .
> +.PP
> +Used for file sizes.
> +It is a 64-bit signed integer type.
> +.PP
> +.IR "Conforming to" :
> +Present in glibc.
> +It is not standardized by the C language standard nor POSIX.
> +.PP
> +.IR Notes :
> +The feature test macro
> +.B _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
> +has to be defined for this type to be available.
> +.PP
> +.IR "See also" :
> +.BR readahead (2),
> +.BR sync_file_range (2),
> +.BR lseek64 (3),
> +.BR feature_test_macros (7)
> +.PP
> +See also the
> +.I loff_t
> +and
> +.I off_t
> +types in this page.
> +.RE
>  .\"------------------------------------- off_t ------------------------/
>  .TP
>  .I off_t
>
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Patch

diff --git a/man7/system_data_types.7 b/man7/system_data_types.7
index 313cf059e..0558060d3 100644
--- a/man7/system_data_types.7
+++ b/man7/system_data_types.7
@@ -751,6 +751,37 @@  and
 .I off_t
 types in this page.
 .RE
+.\"------------------------------------- off64_t ----------------------/
+.TP
+.I off64_t
+.RS
+.IR Include :
+.IR <sys/types.h> .
+.PP
+Used for file sizes.
+It is a 64-bit signed integer type.
+.PP
+.IR "Conforming to" :
+Present in glibc.
+It is not standardized by the C language standard nor POSIX.
+.PP
+.IR Notes :
+The feature test macro
+.B _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
+has to be defined for this type to be available.
+.PP
+.IR "See also" :
+.BR readahead (2),
+.BR sync_file_range (2),
+.BR lseek64 (3),
+.BR feature_test_macros (7)
+.PP
+See also the
+.I loff_t
+and
+.I off_t
+types in this page.
+.RE
 .\"------------------------------------- off_t ------------------------/
 .TP
 .I off_t