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* [Bug manual/6649] New: hint about what "mode" means in open(2) section
@ 2008-06-17  3:14 s11 at member dot fsf dot org
  2008-06-17  3:15 ` [Bug manual/6649] " s11 at member dot fsf dot org
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From: s11 at member dot fsf dot org @ 2008-06-17  3:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
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When documenting `open', the manual section `Opening and Closing Files' mentions
the MODE arg and types it `mode_t', but "mode" isn't clear if your mind isn't
already on the details of files in POSIX-like systems, and its nature isn't
mentioned anywhere else in the section or subsections.

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           Summary: hint about what "mode" means in open(2) section
           Product: glibc
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: manual
        AssignedTo: roland at gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: s11 at member dot fsf dot org
                CC: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com


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* [Bug manual/6649] hint about what "mode" means in open(2) section
  2008-06-17  3:14 [Bug manual/6649] New: hint about what "mode" means in open(2) section s11 at member dot fsf dot org
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From: s11 at member dot fsf dot org @ 2008-06-17  3:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
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------- Additional Comments From s11 at member dot fsf dot org  2008-06-17 03:14 -------
Created an attachment (id=2780)
 --> (http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=2780&action=view)
add (@pxref{Permission Bits}) to the discussion of MODE


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