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.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
.\"
-.TH msync 2 2023-02-05 "Linux man-pages 6.03"
+.TH msync 2 2023-03-30 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
.SH NAME
msync \- synchronize a file with a memory map
.SH LIBRARY
@@ -81,31 +81,7 @@ are set in
.TP
.B ENOMEM
The indicated memory (or part of it) was not mapped.
-.SH STANDARDS
-POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
-.PP
-This call was introduced in Linux 1.3.21, and then used
-.B EFAULT
-instead of
-.BR ENOMEM .
-In Linux 2.4.19, this was changed to the POSIX value
-.BR ENOMEM .
-.PP
-On POSIX systems on which
-.BR msync ()
-is available, both
-.B _POSIX_MAPPED_FILES
-and
-.B _POSIX_SYNCHRONIZED_IO
-are defined in
-.I <unistd.h>
-to a value greater than 0.
-(See also
-.BR sysconf (3).)
-.\" POSIX.1-2001: It shall be defined to -1 or 0 or 200112L.
-.\" -1: unavailable, 0: ask using sysconf().
-.\" glibc defines them to 1.
-.SH NOTES
+.SH VERSIONS
According to POSIX, either
.B MS_SYNC
or
@@ -132,6 +108,32 @@ or
.B MS_ASYNC
in
.IR flags .
+.SH STANDARDS
+POSIX.1-2008.
+.SH HISTORY
+POSIX.1-2001.
+.PP
+This call was introduced in Linux 1.3.21, and then used
+.B EFAULT
+instead of
+.BR ENOMEM .
+In Linux 2.4.19, this was changed to the POSIX value
+.BR ENOMEM .
+.PP
+On POSIX systems on which
+.BR msync ()
+is available, both
+.B _POSIX_MAPPED_FILES
+and
+.B _POSIX_SYNCHRONIZED_IO
+are defined in
+.I <unistd.h>
+to a value greater than 0.
+(See also
+.BR sysconf (3).)
+.\" POSIX.1-2001: It shall be defined to -1 or 0 or 200112L.
+.\" -1: unavailable, 0: ask using sysconf().
+.\" glibc defines them to 1.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR mmap (2)
.PP