1
0
mirror of https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/gnulib.git synced 2025-08-17 12:41:05 +03:00
Files
gnulib/doc/posix-functions/fopen.texi
2008-12-14 14:38:13 +01:00

37 lines
1.2 KiB
Plaintext

@node fopen
@section @code{fopen}
@findex fopen
POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/fopen.html}
Gnulib module: fopen
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function does not fail when the file name argument ends in a slash
and (without the slash) names a nonexistent file or a file that is not a
directory, on some platforms:
HP-UX 11.00, Solaris 9, Irix 5.3.
@item
On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function does usually not
recognize the @file{/dev/null} filename.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function does not set @code{errno}
upon failure.
@item
On Windows, this function returns a file stream in ``text'' mode by default;
this means that it translates @code{'\n'} to CR/LF by default. Use the
@code{"b"} flag if you need reliable binary I/O.
@item
On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function fails to open
directories for reading. Such streams have implementation-defined
semantics on other platforms. To avoid directory streams with a
consistent error message, use @code{fstat} after @code{open} and
@code{fdopen}, rather than @code{fopen} and @code{fileno}.
@end itemize