Correct typo in ERRORS, and document that getdents(2) can return

directory entries that refer to deleted files, all per PR 10567.
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fair 2001-03-16 07:58:24 +00:00
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@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
.\" $NetBSD: getdents.2,v 1.6 2000/11/21 23:35:10 wiz Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: getdents.2,v 1.7 2001/03/16 07:58:24 fair Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@ -83,12 +83,18 @@ Files that are linked by hard links (see
.Xr link 2 )
have the same
.Fa d_fileno .
If
.Fa d_fileno
is zero, the entry refers to a deleted file.
.Pp
The
.Fa d_reclen
entry is the length, in bytes, of the directory record.
.Pp
The
.Fa d_name
entry contains a null terminated file name.
.Pp
The
.Fa d_namlen
entry specifies the length of the file name excluding the null byte.
@ -125,7 +131,7 @@ Otherwise, -1 is returned and the global variable
.Va errno
is set to indicate the error.
.Sh ERRORS
.Fn gtdents
.Fn getdents
will fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EBADF