Issue #17529: Fix os.sendfile() documentation regarding the type of file

descriptor supported.
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Charles-Francois Natali 2013-05-01 15:12:20 +02:00
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@ -999,9 +999,8 @@ as internal buffering of data.
On Mac OS X and FreeBSD, a value of 0 for *nbytes* specifies to send until
the end of *in* is reached.
On Solaris, *out* may be the file descriptor of a regular file or the file
descriptor of a socket. On all other platforms, *out* must be the file
descriptor of an open socket.
All platforms support sockets as *out* file descriptor, and some platforms
allow other types (e.g. regular file, pipe) as well.
Availability: Unix.