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@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ seeking the handle to the current logical position.
This corresponds to fseek(). Sends buffered write data to the
underlying file, or discards any buffered read data, then positions
-the file desciptor as specified by B<offset> and B<whence> (sic).
+the file descriptor as specified by B<offset> and B<whence> (sic).
This is the correct thing to do when switching between read and write
on the same handle (see issues with PerlIO_flush() above). Offset is
of type C<Off_t> which is a perl Configure value which may not be same