Document that the caller must do a pw_abort() if pw_mkdb() fails.

1996-06-02 19:26:18 +00:00 · 1996-06-02 19:26:18 +00:00 · 23beafab63
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--- a/lib/libutil/pw_lock.3
+++ b/lib/libutil/pw_lock.3
@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ You should finish writing to and close the file descriptor returned by
 .Fn pw_lock
 before calling
 .Fn pw_mkdb .
+If
+.Fn pw_mkdb
+fails and you do not wish to retry, you should make sure to call
+.Fn pw_abort
+to clean up the lock file.
 .Pp
 The
 .Fn pw_abort