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| author | Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> | 2012-02-28 14:44:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> | 2012-02-28 14:44:20 +0000 |
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Use Texinfo macros to refer to the GNU C Library within the manual.
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diff --git a/manual/io.texi b/manual/io.texi index f839138f37..0286fa4bf9 100644 --- a/manual/io.texi +++ b/manual/io.texi @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ @chapter Input/Output Overview Most programs need to do either input (reading data) or output (writing -data), or most frequently both, in order to do anything useful. The GNU -C library provides such a large selection of input and output functions +data), or most frequently both, in order to do anything useful. @Theglibc{} +provides such a large selection of input and output functions that the hardest part is often deciding which function is most appropriate! @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ closed a stream or file descriptor, you cannot do any more input or output operations on it. @menu -* Streams and File Descriptors:: The GNU Library provides two ways +* Streams and File Descriptors:: The GNU C Library provides two ways to access the contents of files. * File Position:: The number of bytes from the beginning of the file. @@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ than GNU, you should also be aware that file descriptors are not as portable as streams. You can expect any system running @w{ISO C} to support streams, but non-GNU systems may not support file descriptors at all, or may only implement a subset of the GNU functions that operate on -file descriptors. Most of the file descriptor functions in the GNU -library are included in the POSIX.1 standard, however. +file descriptors. Most of the file descriptor functions in @theglibc{} +are included in the POSIX.1 standard, however. @node File Position, , Streams and File Descriptors, I/O Concepts @subsection File Position @@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ in @ref{File System Interface}. @subsection File Name Resolution A file name consists of file name components separated by slash -(@samp{/}) characters. On the systems that the GNU C library supports, +(@samp{/}) characters. On the systems that @theglibc{} supports, multiple successive @samp{/} characters are equivalent to a single @samp{/} character. |