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@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ value. Use @code{readdir_r} when this is critical.
@comment dirent.h
@comment GNU
-@deftypefun int readdir_r (DIR *@var{dirstream}, struct *@var{entry}, struct **@var{result})
+@deftypefun int readdir_r (DIR *@var{dirstream}, struct dirent *@var{entry}, struct dirent **@var{result})
This function is the reentrant version of @code{readdir}. Like
@code{readdir} it returns the next entry from the directory. But to
prevent conflicts for simultaneously running threads the result is not
@@ -1783,6 +1783,10 @@ waste of the server's memory to cache them a second time. In this use
the sticky bit also says that the filesystem may fail to record the
file's modification time onto disk reliably (the idea being that no-one
cares for a swap file).
+
+This bit is only available on BSD systems (and those derived from
+them). Therefore one has to use the @code{_BSD_SOURCE} feature select
+macro to get the definition (@pxref{Feature Test Macros}).
@end table
The actual bit values of the symbols are listed in the table above