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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2019-12-11 09:34:06 -0800 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2019-12-11 09:40:02 -0800 |
| commit | ef4e158c736d067304164c3daa763e4f425af248 (patch) | |
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manual: clarify fopen with the x flag
* manual/stdio.texi (Opening Streams): Say how glibc's implementation of fopen with "x" follows ISO C11.
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diff --git a/manual/stdio.texi b/manual/stdio.texi index bbd3061bab..8051603321 100644 --- a/manual/stdio.texi +++ b/manual/stdio.texi @@ -216,7 +216,9 @@ exists, @code{fopen} fails rather than opening it. If you use file. This is equivalent to the @code{O_EXCL} option to the @code{open} function (@pxref{Opening and Closing Files}). -The @samp{x} modifier is part of @w{ISO C11}. +The @samp{x} modifier is part of @w{ISO C11}, which says the file is +created with exclusive access; in @theglibc{} this means the +equivalent of @code{O_EXCL}. @end table The character @samp{b} in @var{opentype} has a standard meaning; it |