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authorBruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>2011-04-19 10:38:30 +0200
committerBruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>2011-04-19 10:38:30 +0200
commit12856373f8fd28a9d4453d6df97b2fdd17ced398 (patch)
tree7db287a79567ebffbc8bf225499d8dac7e742308 /doc/posix-functions/open.texi
parent05414bd22e5c18afd876aa481fb6648458bad6b5 (diff)
downloadgnulib-12856373f8fd28a9d4453d6df97b2fdd17ced398.tar.gz
Move the support of O_NONBLOCK in open() to the 'open' module.
* modules/nonblocking (Depends-on): Remove 'open'. * m4/nonblocking.m4 (gl_NONBLOCKING_IO_BODY): Set gl_cv_have_open_O_NONBLOCK. * m4/open.m4 (gl_FUNC_OPEN): Replace open() also when required for O_NONBLOCK support. * doc/posix-functions/open.texi: Document support for O_NONBLOCK.
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@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ and (without the slash) names a nonexistent file or a file that is not a
directory, on some platforms:
FreeBSD 7.2, AIX 7.1, HP-UX 11.00, Solaris 9, Irix 5.3.
@item
+This function does not support the @code{O_NONBLOCK} flag when it is defined
+by the gnulib module @code{nonblock} on some platforms:
+mingw.
+@item
On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function does usually not
recognize the @file{/dev/null} filename.
@end itemize