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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1996-12-08 08:01:13 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1996-12-08 08:01:13 +0000
commitf65fd747b440ae2d8a7481ecc50e668c5e4d0cc9 (patch)
treef64c3eeda0e9acc58b96c28ca852a014c822047f /manual/io.texi
parent42054ddb496798d9b936490cf0050f6619f86bc1 (diff)
update from main archive 961207cvs/libc-961208
Sun Dec 8 06:56:49 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * io/getwd.c: Use PATH_MAX not LOCAL_PATH_MAX. Fix typo in comment. * stdlib/canonicalize.c: Correct bugs in last change. Patch by HJ Lu. * libio/Makefile (routines): Remove ioprims. (aux): Remove cleanup. Add IO_DEBUG option for .o files. * libio/cleanups.c: Removed. * libio/ioprims.c: Removed. * libio/filedoalloc.c: More updates from libg++-2.8b5. * libio/fileops.c: Likewise. * libio/genops.c: Likewise. * libio/iolibio.h: Likewise. * libio/iopopen.c: Likewise. * libio/iovsprintf.c: Likewise. * libio/iovsscanf.c: Likewise. * libio/libio.h: Likewise. * libio/libioP.h: Likewise. * libio/memstream.c: Likewise. * libio/strfile.h: Likewise. * libio/vasprintf.c: Likewise. * libio/vsnprintf.c: Likewise. * libio/stdio.h: Define P_tmpdir only is __USE_SVID. * manual/arith.texi: Change references to ANSI C to ISO C. * manual/conf.texi: Likewise. * manual/creature.texi: Likewise. * manual/ctype.texi: Likewise. * manual/errno.texi: Likewise. * manual/filesys.texi: Likewise. * manual/intro.texi. Likewise. * manual/io.texi: Likewise. * manual/lang.texi: Likewise. * manual/libc.texinfo: Likewise. * manual/locale.texi: Likewise. * manual/maint.texi: Likewise. * manual/mbyte.texi: Likewise. * manual/memory.texi: Likewise. * manual/process.texi: Likewise. * manual/process.texi: Likewise. * manual/search.texi: Likewise. * manual/setjmp.texi: Likewise. * manual/signal.texi: Likewise. * manual/startup.texi: Likewise. * manual/stdio.texi: Likewise. * manual/string.texi: Likewise. * manual/time.texi: Likewise. * manual/locale.texi: Remove description of LC_RESPONSE and add LC_MESSAGES. * Makefile (subdirs): Change malloc in $(malloc). * config.make.in: Add variable malloc which is initialized from @malloc@. * configure.in: Add new option --enable-new-malloc to use new malloc. This is the default on Linux. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure.in: Define malloc to new-malloc by default. * new-malloc/Makefile: New file. Improved malloc implementation. * new-malloc/malloc.c: Likewise. * new-malloc/malloc.h: Likewise. * new-malloc/mallocbug.c: Likewise. * new-malloc/obstack.c: Likewise. * new-malloc/obstack.h: Likewise. * new-malloc/thread-m.h: Likewise. * time/Makefile: Compile ap.c with NO_MCHECK flag for now. * time/ap.c: Don't call mcheck if NO_MCHECK is defined. * resolv/Makefile: Add rule to rebuiild libresolv.so when libc.so changed. * stdio/feof.c: Update copyright. * stdio/stdio.h: Add field for lock to FILE structure. Add cast to *MAGIC constants to prevent warnings. * stdio-common/bug7.c: Correct test. Stream must not be closed twice. * stdlib/Makefile (routines): Add secure-getenv. * stdlib/secure-getenv.c: New file. __secure_getenv function moved to here from sysdeps/generic/getenv.c. Otherwise an application cannot replace the getenv function in the libc. * sysdeps/generic/getenv.c: Remove __secure_getenv function. * sysdeps/stub/getenv.c: Remove __secure_getenv alias. * sysdeps/mach/libc-lock.h: Define__libc_mutex_lock to __mutex_lock. * sysdeps/posix/fdopen.c: Update copyright. Don't use EXFUN. * time/test-tz.c: Comment fifth test out. PROBLEM. * time/tzset.c: De-ANSI-declfy. (__tzset): Don't increment pointer tz when no DST information is given. Sat Dec 7 23:47:54 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * sysdeps/mach/libc-lock.h [_LIBC]: Add definition of __libc_mutex_lock. Patch by Thomas Bushnell. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/timebits.h: Load <asm/param.h> only if __USE_MISC. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Dist: Add llseek.c. Sat Dec 7 12:18:56 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * time/strftime (%c format): Remove %Z from default string. Reported by Paul Eggert * io/getwd.c: Don't apply getcwd on user supplied buffer.
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diff --git a/manual/io.texi b/manual/io.texi
index 84fd0a9e44..aa9e21c48b 100644
--- a/manual/io.texi
+++ b/manual/io.texi
@@ -119,14 +119,14 @@ and formatted output functions (@pxref{Formatted Output}).
If you are concerned about portability of your programs to systems other
than GNU, you should also be aware that file descriptors are not as
-portable as streams. You can expect any system running ANSI C to
+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.
@node File Position, , Streams and File Descriptors, I/O Concepts
-@subsection File Position
+@subsection File Position
One of the attributes of an open file is its @dfn{file position} that
keeps track of where in the file the next character is to be read or
@@ -163,11 +163,11 @@ given file at the same time. In order for each program to be able to
read the file at its own pace, each program must have its own file
pointer, which is not affected by anything the other programs do.
-In fact, each opening of a file creates a separate file position.
+In fact, each opening of a file creates a separate file position.
Thus, if you open a file twice even in the same program, you get two
streams or descriptors with independent file positions.
-By contrast, if you open a descriptor and then duplicate it to get
+By contrast, if you open a descriptor and then duplicate it to get
another descriptor, these two descriptors share the same file position:
changing the file position of one descriptor will affect the other.
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ The file named @file{b}, in the directory named @file{a} in the root directory.
The file named @file{a}, in the current working directory.
@item /a/./b
-This is the same as @file{/a/b}.
+This is the same as @file{/a/b}.
@item ./a
The file named @file{a}, in the current working directory.
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ The file named @file{a}, in the parent directory of the current working
directory.
@end table
-@c An empty string may ``work'', but I think it's confusing to
+@c An empty string may ``work'', but I think it's confusing to
@c try to describe it. It's not a useful thing for users to use--rms.
A file name that names a directory may optionally end in a @samp{/}.
You can specify a file name of @file{/} to refer to the root directory,
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ this manual as the @dfn{usual file name errors}.
@table @code
@item EACCES
-The process does not have search permission for a directory component
+The process does not have search permission for a directory component
of the file name.
@item ENAMETOOLONG
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ There are two reasons why it can be important for you to be aware of
file name portability issues:
@itemize @bullet
-@item
+@item
If your program makes assumptions about file name syntax, or contains
embedded literal file name strings, it is more difficult to get it to
run under other operating systems that use different syntax conventions.
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ operating system over a network, or read and write disks in formats used
by other operating systems.
@end itemize
-The ANSI C standard says very little about file name syntax, only that
+The @w{ISO C} standard says very little about file name syntax, only that
file names are strings. In addition to varying restrictions on the
length of file names and what characters can validly appear in a file
name, different operating systems use different conventions and syntax
@@ -392,5 +392,3 @@ component strings. However, in the GNU system, you do not need to worry
about these restrictions; any character except the null character is
permitted in a file name string, and there are no limits on the length
of file name strings.
-
-