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| author | Stephen Compall <s11@member.fsf.org> | 2012-04-08 14:51:45 +0200 |
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| committer | Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> | 2012-04-08 14:53:13 +0200 |
| commit | 624254b18ae5a756baabbcd881faf1440e36151f (patch) | |
| tree | c8354603c42d2c2a01c6587687ff09e4cb6d080c | |
| parent | f8887d0a5feda97244613135822b0439addc2b1f (diff) | |
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Better describe open arguments
[BZ #6649] * manual/llio.texi (Opening and Closing Files): Add cross reference to explain mode argument.
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 91e836149c..1d6f69fa6f 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2012-04-08 Stephen Compall <s11@member.fsf.org> + + [BZ #6649] + * manual/llio.texi (Opening and Closing Files): Add cross + reference to explain mode argument. + 2012-04-06 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> * bits/byteswap.h (__bswap_16): Removed. diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 68ed918701..cec1914d73 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ Version 2.16 174, 350, 369, 411, 2541, 2547, 2548, 2551, 2552, 2553, 2554, 2562, 2563, 2565, 2566, 2576, 2678, 3335, 3866, 3868, 3976, 3992, 4026, 4108, 4596, - 4822, 5077, 5461, 5805, 5993, 6471, 6486, 6730, 6770, 6884, 6907, 6911, - 9739, 9902, 10110, 10135, 10140, 10210, 10346, 10545, 10716, 11174, 11322, - 11365, 11451, 11494, 12047, 12340, 13058, 13525, 13526, 13527, 13528, - 13529, 13530, 13531, 13532, 13533, 13547, 13551, 13552, 13553, 13555, - 13559, 13566, 13583, 13592, 13618, 13637, 13656, 13658, 13673, 13691, - 13695, 13704, 13706, 13726, 13738, 13760, 13761, 13786, 13792, 13806, - 13824, 13840, 13841, 13844, 13846, 13851, 13852, 13854, 13871, 13879, - 13883, 13892, 13895, 13908, 13910, 13911, 13912, 13913, 13915, 13916, - 13917, 13918, 13919, 13920, 13921, 13926, 13928, 13938 + 4822, 5077, 5461, 5805, 5993, 6471, 6486, 6649, 6730, 6770, 6884, 6907, + 6911, 9739, 9902, 10110, 10135, 10140, 10210, 10346, 10545, 10716, 11174, + 11322, 11365, 11451, 11494, 12047, 12340, 13058, 13525, 13526, 13527, + 13528, 13529, 13530, 13531, 13532, 13533, 13547, 13551, 13552, 13553, + 13555, 13559, 13566, 13583, 13592, 13618, 13637, 13656, 13658, 13673, + 13691, 13695, 13704, 13706, 13726, 13738, 13760, 13761, 13786, 13792, + 13806, 13824, 13840, 13841, 13844, 13846, 13851, 13852, 13854, 13871, + 13879, 13883, 13892, 13895, 13908, 13910, 13911, 13912, 13913, 13915, + 13916, 13917, 13918, 13919, 13920, 13921, 13926, 13928, 13938 * ISO C11 support: diff --git a/manual/llio.texi b/manual/llio.texi index 1da612accb..acafed315e 100644 --- a/manual/llio.texi +++ b/manual/llio.texi @@ -78,11 +78,11 @@ declared in @file{unistd.h}. @comment fcntl.h @comment POSIX.1 @deftypefun int open (const char *@var{filename}, int @var{flags}[, mode_t @var{mode}]) -The @code{open} function creates and returns a new file descriptor -for the file named by @var{filename}. Initially, the file position +The @code{open} function creates and returns a new file descriptor for +the file named by @var{filename}. Initially, the file position indicator for the file is at the beginning of the file. The argument -@var{mode} is used only when a file is created, but it doesn't hurt -to supply the argument in any case. +@var{mode} (@pxref{Permission Bits}) is used only when a file is +created, but it doesn't hurt to supply the argument in any case. The @var{flags} argument controls how the file is to be opened. This is a bit mask; you create the value by the bitwise OR of the appropriate |