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author | DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com> | 2001-10-16 02:55:31 +0000 |
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committer | DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com> | 2001-10-16 02:55:31 +0000 |
commit | ba19b94f67aeec0722939ce17b4067c8fd05f4cc (patch) | |
tree | db034680b326cb43083236abf9737518d7e1c78a /libiberty/fdmatch.c | |
parent | a3366758ce10f5bc06f1a128c4eb82cf2a82e455 (diff) | |
download | binutils-gdb-ba19b94f67aeec0722939ce17b4067c8fd05f4cc.tar.gz |
merge from gcc
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/libiberty/fdmatch.c b/libiberty/fdmatch.c index 7af039f5a2b..979c214d5d4 100644 --- a/libiberty/fdmatch.c +++ b/libiberty/fdmatch.c @@ -20,25 +20,19 @@ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ /* -NAME - - fdmatch -- see if two file descriptors refer to same file - -SYNOPSIS - - int fdmatch (int fd1, int fd2) - -DESCRIPTION - - Check to see if two open file descriptors refer to the same file. - This is useful, for example, when we have an open file descriptor - for an unnamed file, and the name of a file that we believe to - correspond to that fd. This can happen when we are exec'd with - an already open file (stdout for example) or from the SVR4 /proc - calls that return open file descriptors for mapped address spaces. - All we have to do is open the file by name and check the two file - descriptors for a match, which is done by comparing major&minor - device numbers and inode numbers. +@deftypefn Extension int fdmatch (int @var{fd1}, int @var{fd2}) + +Check to see if two open file descriptors refer to the same file. +This is useful, for example, when we have an open file descriptor for +an unnamed file, and the name of a file that we believe to correspond +to that fd. This can happen when we are exec'd with an already open +file (@code{stdout} for example) or from the SVR4 @file{/proc} calls +that return open file descriptors for mapped address spaces. All we +have to do is open the file by name and check the two file descriptors +for a match, which is done by comparing major and minor device numbers +and inode numbers. + +@end deftypefn BUGS |