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Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:23:56 +0200
From: "Yakov Lerner" <iler.ml@gmail.com>
To: "Kernel Linux" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: fork manpage wrt file locks
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Manpage 'man 2 fork' says:
                 'File locks ... are not inherited.'
This is true for POSIX locks,  but not for flock-type locks.
This  phrase comes directly  from posix fork manpage,
which is not aware of flock-style locks.

Maybe fork manpage should rather say:

        ... POSIX file locks are not inherited (fcntl(2)).
        Flock-style locks are inherited (see flock(2)) ...
?

Yakov