On Friday, 2 June 2006 at 9:26:13 -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > On Friday 02 June 2006 06:25, Greg 'groggy' Lehey 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? > > Shouldn't that be "Which colour?" or even "Which color?" *duck*
I don't think so. Why should it? Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers.
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