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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2007-12-24 22:04:47 +0000
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2007-12-24 22:04:47 +0000
commit47752f332c3226744052ee12071234a745792dd5 (patch)
tree3e84e0a6d4695d4e5c097ae45d01dd4f6a7062b3 /man3/fopen.3
parenta17e03f5cbdce52fe39b8b8494bc1f45f22ca61e (diff)
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diff --git a/man3/fopen.3 b/man3/fopen.3
index 742fb135..3351463f 100644
--- a/man3/fopen.3
+++ b/man3/fopen.3
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ fopen, fdopen, freopen \- stream open functions
.sp
.BI "FILE *fopen(const char *" path ", const char *" mode );
-.BI "FILE *fdopen(int " fildes ", const char *" mode );
+.BI "FILE *fdopen(int " fd ", const char *" mode );
.BI "FILE *freopen(const char *" path ", const char *" mode ", FILE *" stream );
.fi
@@ -148,14 +148,14 @@ call.
The
.BR fdopen ()
function associates a stream with the existing file descriptor,
-.IR fildes .
+.IR fd .
The
.I mode
of the stream (one of the values "r", "r+", "w", "w+", "a", "a+")
must be compatible with the mode of the file descriptor.
The file position indicator of the new stream is set to that
belonging to
-.IR fildes ,
+.IR fd ,
and the error and end-of-file indicators are cleared.
Modes "w" or "w+" do not cause truncation of the file.
The file descriptor is not dup'ed, and will be closed when