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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2006-11-25 18:35:39 +0000
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2006-11-25 18:35:39 +0000
commit9f3d8b28cde313af0665a90b6d13ee2d35362ccb (patch)
treeab03599c8c8a30f271afc4ea225a7bc593f4e8ca
parent2dcbf4f7af56d3ca32c3ddc1beb6a63cde19dcd7 (diff)
Clarify O_LARGEFILE description.
-rw-r--r--man2/open.26
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man2/open.2 b/man2/open.2
index 8369ab4f..e36fcb62 100644
--- a/man2/open.2
+++ b/man2/open.2
@@ -214,8 +214,10 @@ The
macro must be defined in order to obtain this definition.
Setting the
.B _FILE_OFFSET_BITS
-feature test macro to 64 is the preferred method of obtaining
-this functionality (see
+feature test macro to 64 (rather than using
+.BR O_LARGEFILE )
+is the preferred method of obtaining
+method of accessing large files on 32-bit systems (see
.BR feature_test_macros (7)).
.TP
.B O_NOATIME