Re: [PATCH] lseek.2: SYNOPSIS: Use correct types

[Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)]

Hi Florian,

On 11/22/20 1:43 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Alejandro Colomar:
> 
>> The Linux kernel uses 'unsigned int' instead of 'int' for 'fd' and
>> 'whence'.  As glibc provides no wrapper, use the same types the
>> kernel uses.
> 
> lseek is a POSIX interface, and glibc provides it.  POSIX uses int for
> file descriptors (and the whence parameter in case of lseek).
> 
> The llseek system call is a different matter, that's indeed
> Linux-specific.
> 

Ahhh, true.  So many similar functions... :p

Thanks,

Alex