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* [glibc] manual: clarify fopen with the x flag
@ 2019-12-11 17:41 Paul Eggert
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commit ef4e158c736d067304164c3daa763e4f425af248
Author: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Wed Dec 11 09:34:06 2019 -0800
manual: clarify fopen with the x flag
* manual/stdio.texi (Opening Streams): Say how glibc's
implementation of fopen with "x" follows ISO C11.
Diff:
---
manual/stdio.texi | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/manual/stdio.texi b/manual/stdio.texi
index bbd3061..8051603 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
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