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Backed out most of previous commit to go with backing out support for 

revoke() on non-device files.
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Bruce Evans 1999-01-24 06:43:30 +00:00
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lib/libc/sys/revoke.2
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@ -65,8 +65,10 @@ is called as if all open references to the file had been closed.
Access to a file may be revoked only by its owner or the super user.
The
.Fn revoke
function is normally used to prepare a terminal device for a new
login session, preventing any access by a previous user of the terminal.
function is currently supported only for block and character special
device files.
It is normally used to prepare a terminal device for a new login session,
preventing any access by a previous user of the terminal.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
A 0 value indicated that the call succeeded. A \-1 return value
indicates an error occurred and
@ -90,9 +92,9 @@ Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
.Fa Path
points outside the process's allocated address space.
.It Bq Er EINVAL
The named file does not support the
The implementation does not support the
.Fn revoke
operation.
operation on the named file.
.It Bq Er EPERM
The caller is neither the owner of the file nor the super user.
.El