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diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/write.texi b/doc/posix-functions/write.texi index 826151c9ee..604507d30c 100644 --- a/doc/posix-functions/write.texi +++ b/doc/posix-functions/write.texi @@ -4,9 +4,24 @@ POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/write.html} -Gnulib module: write, sigpipe +Gnulib module: write, nonblocking, sigpipe -Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: +Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{stdio}, together with module @code{nonblocking}: +@itemize +@item +When writing to a non-blocking pipe whose buffer is full, this function fails +with @code{errno} being set to @code{ENOSPC} instead of @code{EAGAIN} on some +platforms: +mingw. +@item +When writing to a non-blocking pipe on which no reader is currently waiting +an amount of bytes that exceeds the pipe buffer's size, then -- even if the +pipe's buffer is empty -- this function fails, instead of performing a partial +write into the pipe buffer, on some platforms: +mingw. +@end itemize + +Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{stdio}, together with module @code{sigpipe}: @itemize @item When writing to a pipe with no readers, this function fails with error |