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diff --git a/man/sd_is_fifo.xml b/man/sd_is_fifo.xml
index c136b37d8..58cd1c91b 100644
--- a/man/sd_is_fifo.xml
+++ b/man/sd_is_fifo.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
sd_is_socket_inet
sd_is_socket_unix
sd_is_mq
+ sd_is_special
Check the type of a file descriptor
@@ -93,6 +94,12 @@
const char *path
+
+ int sd_is_special
+ int fd
+ const char *path
+
+
@@ -102,8 +109,9 @@
sd_is_fifo() may be called
to check whether the specified file descriptor refers
to a FIFO or pipe. If the path
- parameter is not NULL, it is checked whether the FIFO
- is bound to the specified file system path.
+ parameter is not NULL, it is
+ checked whether the FIFO is bound to the specified
+ file system path.
sd_is_socket() may be
called to check whether the specified file descriptor
@@ -149,9 +157,19 @@
sd_is_mq() may be called to
check whether the specified file descriptor refers to
a POSIX message queue. If the
- path parameter is not NULL, it
- is checked whether the message queue is bound to the
- specified name.
+ path parameter is not
+ NULL, it is checked whether the
+ message queue is bound to the specified name.
+
+ sd_is_special() may be
+ called to check whether the specified file descriptor
+ refers to a special file. If the
+ path parameter is not
+ NULL, it is checked whether the file
+ descriptor is bound to the specified file
+ name. Special files in this context are character
+ device nodes and files in /proc
+ or /sys.
@@ -159,7 +177,7 @@
On failure, these calls return a negative
errno-style error code. If the file descriptor is of
- the specified type and bound to the specified address
+ the specified type and bound to the specified address,
a positive return value is returned, otherwise
zero.
@@ -190,13 +208,13 @@
related functions are implemented in the reference
implementation's sd-daemon.c and
sd-daemon.h files. These
- interfaces are available as shared library, which can
+ interfaces are available as a shared library, which can
be compiled and linked to with the
libsystemd-daemon pkg-config1
file. Alternatively, applications consuming these APIs
may copy the implementation into their source
tree. For more details about the reference
- implementation see
+ implementation, see
sd-daemon3.
These functions continue to work as described,