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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1996-11-06 04:24:40 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1996-11-06 04:24:40 +0000
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update from main archive 961105cvs/libc-961106
Wed Nov 6 04:30:26 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list: Add weak alias llseek for _llseek syscall. Reported by Andy Sewell <puck@pookhill.demon.co.uk>. * string/argz.h: Don't protect by __USE_GNU. Tue Nov 5 23:38:28 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * Lots of files: Update and reformat copyright. * Makefile (headers): Add xopen_lim.h. * catgets/nl_types.h: Move __BEGIN_DECLS before definition of nl_catd. * grp/grp.h: Define setgrent, getgrent, endgrent, and getgrent_r if __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED is defined. * pwd/pwd.h: Define setpwent, getpwent, endpwent, and getpwent_r if __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED is defined. * io/Makefile (routines): Add lchown. * io/sys/poll.h: Add definition of POLLWRNORM. * io/sys/stat.h: Declare lstat, fchmod, mknod when __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED is defined. * libio/Makefile (routines): Add obprintf. * libio/obprintf.c: New file. * libio/iolibio.h: Add prototypes for _IO_obstack_vprintf and _IO_obstack_printf. * libio/libio.h: Fix typo. * libio/stdio.h: Declare tempnam if __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED is defined. Add prototypes for obstack_vprintf and obstack_printf. * manual/creature.texi: Describe _XOPEN_SOURCE macro. * manual/intro.texi: Add reference to NSS chapter. * manual/libc.texinfo: Update UPDATED. Comment out `@printindex cp'. It works again. * manual/memory.texi: Add description for obstack_ptr_grow, obstack_int_grow, obstack_ptr_grow_fast, and obstack_int_grow_fast. * manual/nss.texi: Add a few @cindex entries and change NSS_STATUS_* index entries to @vindex. * manual/users.texi: Correct @cindex entry for Netgroup. * math/mathcalls.h: Use __USE_XOPEN and __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED to make declarations visible for X/Open sources. * misc/search.h: Declare insque/remque only is __USE_SVID or __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED is defined. * misc/sys/uio.h (readv, writev): Change return value from int to ssize_t. * posix/Makefile (headers): Add re_comp.h. * posix/re_comp.h: New file. XPG interface to regex functions. * posix/getconf.c: Add all names from XPG4.2. * posix/posix1_lim.h: Increase minimum values for _POSIX_CHILD_MAX and _POSIX_OPEN_MAX to minimums from XPG4.2. * sysdeps/generic/confname.h: Add all _SC_* names from XPG4.2. * sysdeps/posix/sysconf.c: Handle new _SC_* values. * sysdeps/stub/sysconf.c: Likewise. * posix/unistd.h: Add declaration of ualarm and lchown. Declare usleep, fchown, fchdir, nice, getpgid, setsid, getsid, setreuid, setregid, vfork, ttyslot, symlink, readlink, gethostid, truncate, ftruncate, getdtablesize, brk, sbrk, lockf when __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED is defined. * posix/sys/wait.h: Declare wait3 if __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED is defined. * shadow/shadow.h: Define SHADOW using _PATH_SHADOW. * sysdeps/generic/paths.h: Define _PATH_SHADOW. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/paths.h: Likewise. * signal/signal.h: Declare killpg, sigstack and sigaltstack when __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED is defined. * stdio/stdio.h: Declare tempnam when __USE_XOPEN is defined. * stdlib/stdlib.h: Make rand48 functions available when __USE_XOPEN is defined. Likewise for valloc, putenv, realpath, [efg]cvt*, and getsubopt functions. * string/string.h: Make memccpy, strdup, bcmp, bcopy, bzero, index, and rindex available when __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED is defined. * sysdeps/mach/getpagesize.c: De-ANSI-fy. Change return type to int. * sysdeps/posix/getpagesize.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/stub/getpagesize.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/getpagesize.c: Likewise. * time/africa: Update from tzdata1996l. * time/asia: Likewise. * time/australia: Likewise. * time/europe: Likewise. * time/northamerica: Likewise. * time/pacificnew: Likewise. * time/southamerica: Likewise. * time/tzfile.h: Update from tzcode1996m. * time/time.h: Declare strptime if __USE_XOPEN. Declare daylight and timezone also if __USE_XOPEN. * time/sys/time.h: Remove declaration of ualarm. * wctype/wctype.h: Just reference ISO C standard. Tue Nov 5 01:26:32 1996 Richard Henderson <rth@tamu.edu> * crypt/Makefile: Add crypt routines to libc as well iff $(crypt-in-libc) is set. Do this for temporary binary compatibility on existing Linux/Alpha installations. * stdlib/div.c, sysdeps/generic/div.c: Move file to .../generic/. * stdlib/ldiv.c, sysdeps/generic/ldiv.c: Likewise. * stdlib/lldiv.c, sysdeps/generic/lldiv.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/Makefile (divrem): Add divlu, dviqu, remlu, and remqu. * sysdeps/alpha/div.S: New file. * sysdeps/alpha/ldiv.S: New file. * sysdeps/alpha/lldiv.S: New file. * sysdeps/alpha/divrem.h: Merge signed and unsigned division. Take pointers from Linus and tighten the inner loops a bit. * sysdeps/alpha/divl.S: Change defines for merged routines. * sysdeps/alpha/divq.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/reml.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/remq.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/divlu.S: Remove file. * sysdeps/alpha/divqu.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/remlu.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/remqu.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/bsd-_setjmp.S: If PROF, call _mcount. * sysdeps/alpha/bsd-setjmp.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/bzero.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/ffs.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/htonl.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/htons.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/memchr.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/memset.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/s_copysign.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/s_fabs.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/setjmp.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/stpcpy.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/stpncpy.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/strcat.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/strchr.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/strcpy.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/strlen.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/strncat.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/strncpy.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/strrchr.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/udiv_qrnnd.S: Likewise. Fix private labels. Convert two small jumps to use conditional moves. * sysdeps/unix/alpha/sysdep.h: Compress all __STDC__ nastiness. (PSEUDO): If PROF, call _mcount. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/brk.S: If PROF, call _mcount. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/clone.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/ieee_get_fp_control.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/ieee_set_fp_control.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/llseek.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/sigsuspend.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/syscall.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/memcpy.S: New file. Odd layout because it should eventually contain memmove as well. * sysdeps/alpha/strcmp.S: New file. * sysdeps/alpha/strncmp.S: New file. * sysdeps/alpha/w_sqrt.S: New file. Tue Nov 5 18:06:06 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * sysdeps/mach/hurd/ttyname_r.c: Use `size_t' for len variable. Tue Nov 5 12:09:29 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * sysdep/generic/sysdep.h: Define END only if not yet defined. * sysdep/unix/sysdep.h: Define PSEUDO_END only if not yet defined. Reported by Thomas Bushnell, n/BSG. Mon Nov 4 22:46:53 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * manual/users.texi (Netgroup Data): Remove { } around @cindex. Mon Nov 4 19:07:05 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * malloc/calloc.c: Check for overflow before trying to allocate memory. Proposed by Neil Matthews <nm@adv.sbc.sony.co.jp>. Fri Nov 1 18:18:32 1996 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> * manual/llio.texi (Operating Modes): Add missing arguments to @deftypevr in O_NONBLOCK description. * manual/time.texi (Time Zone Functions): Enclose type name in braces in description of tzname. FIXME: this does not yet work correctly in info. Sun Nov 3 17:29:06 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * features.h: Add X/Open macros. * posix/unistd.h: Define X/Open macros. * sysdeps/generic/confname.h: Add _SC_XOPEN_XCU_VERSION, _SC_XOPEN_UNIX, _SC_XOPEN_CRYPT, _SC_XOPEN_ENH_I18N, _SC_XOPEN_SHM, _SC_2_CHAR_TERM, _SC_2_C_VERSION, and _SC_2_UPE. * sysdeps/posix/sysconf.c: Handle new constants. * sysdeps/stub/sysconf.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/posix_opt.h: Add definition of _XOPEN_SHM. * catgets/catgets.c (catopen): Set errno to ENOMEM when we run out of memory. (catgets): Set errno to EBADF when catalog handle is invalid. Set errno to ENOMSG when translation is not available. (catclose): Set errno to EBADF when catalog handle is invalid. * ctype/ctype.h: Declare isascii and toascii when __USE_XOPEN. Likewise for _toupper and _tolower. * manual/arith.texi: Document strtoq, strtoll, strtouq, strtoull, strtof, and strtold. * manual/math.texi: Document HUGE_VALf and HUGE_VALl. * manual/stdio.h: Document ' flag for numeric formats of scanf. * manual/users.texi: Document that cuserid shouldn't be used. * misc/Makefile (routines): Add dirname. (headers): Add libgen.h. (tests): Add tst-dirname. * misc/dirname.c: New file. * misc/libgen.h: New file. * misc/tst-dirname.c: New file. * misc/search.h: Parameter of hcreate must be of type size_t. * misc/hsearch.c: Likewise. * misc/hsearch_r.c: Likewise for hcreate_r. * misc/search.h: Parameters of insque and remque must be `void *'. * misc/insremque.c: Likewise. * posix/unistd.h: Move declarations of mktemp and mkstemp to... * stdlib/stdlib.h: ...here. * posix/unistd.h [__USE_XOPEN]: Add prototypes for crypt, setkey, encrypt, and swab. * stdio-common/printf-parse.h (struct printf_spec): Add pa_wchar and pa_wstring. (parse_one_spec): Remove Linux compatibility code. Recognize %C and %S formats. * stdio-common/printf.h: Add PA_WCHAR and PA_WSTRING. * stdio-common/vfprintf.c: Add implementation of %C and %S format. * stdio-common/vfscanf.c: Likewise for scanf. * stdlib/l64a.c: Return value for 0 must be the empty string. * stdlib/stdlib.h: Declare reentrant function from rand49 family only if __USE_REENTRANT. Declare rand48 functions also if __USE_XOPEN. * stdlib/strtol.c: Return 0 and set errno to EINVAL when BASE is not a legal value. Return 0 and set errno to EINVAL when strou* sees negativ number. * stdlib/tst-strtol.c: De-ANSI-fy. Change expected results for test of unsigned function and negative input. * string/stratcliff.c: Prevent warnings. * string.h: Move declaration of swab to <unistd.h>. * string/swab.c: De-ANSI-fy. * sysdeps/posix/cuserid.c: Implement using getpwuid_r. * sysdeps/posix/mkstemp.c: Include <stdlib.h> for prototype. * sysdeps/posix/mktemp.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/stub/mkstemp.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/stub/mktemp.c: Likewise. * sysvipc/sys/ipc.h: Prototypes of ftok have to be of types `const char *' and `int'. * sysvipc/ftok.c: Likewise. Make sure only lower 8 bits of PROJ_ID are used. Sun Nov 3 03:21:28 1996 Heiko Schroeder <Heiko.Schroeder@post.rwth-aachen.de> * locale/programs/ld-numeric.c (numeric_output): Compute idx[0] correctly. Sat Nov 2 17:44:32 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * sysdeps/posix/cuserid.c: Use reentrant functions. * manual/users.texi: Tell that cuserid is marked to be withdrawn in XPG4.2. Sat Nov 2 14:26:37 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> Linus said he will make sure no system call will return a value in -1 ... -4095 as a valid result. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sysdep.h: Correct test for error. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/syscall.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/sysdep.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/syscall.S: Likewise. Sat Nov 2 16:54:49 1996 NIIBE Yutaka <gniibe@mri.co.jp> * sysdeps/stub/lockfile.c [!USE_IN_LIBIO]: Define weak alias for __funlockfile, not a circular alias. Define __IO_ftrylockfile if USE_IN_LIBIO and __ftrylockfile if not, not vice versa. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sysdep.S (__errno_location): Make it a weak symbol. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/sysdep.S (__errno_location): Likewise. Likewise. * crypt/Makefile (rpath-link): Extend search path to current directory.
Diffstat (limited to 'manual/llio.texi')
-rw-r--r--manual/llio.texi34
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/manual/llio.texi b/manual/llio.texi
index 6a5a5d27e0..7891ee66e0 100644
--- a/manual/llio.texi
+++ b/manual/llio.texi
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ directly.)
@menu
* Opening and Closing Files:: How to open and close file
- descriptors.
+ descriptors.
* I/O Primitives:: Reading and writing data.
* File Position Primitive:: Setting a descriptor's file
- position.
+ position.
* Descriptors and Streams:: Converting descriptor to stream
or vice-versa.
* Stream/Descriptor Precautions:: Precautions needed if you use both
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ directly.)
file descriptors.
* Descriptor Flags:: Fcntl commands for manipulating
flags associated with file
- descriptors.
+ descriptors.
* File Status Flags:: Fcntl commands for manipulating
flags associated with open files.
* File Locks:: Fcntl commands for implementing
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ The function @code{close} closes the file descriptor @var{filedes}.
Closing a file has the following consequences:
@itemize @bullet
-@item
+@item
The file descriptor is deallocated.
@item
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY (close (desc));
@item ENOSPC
@itemx EIO
@itemx EDQUOT
-When the file is accessed by NFS, these errors from @code{write} can sometimes
+When the file is accessed by NFS, these errors from @code{write} can sometimes
not be detected until @code{close}. @xref{I/O Primitives}, for details
on their meaning.
@end table
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ efficient for the system to batch up consecutive writes and do them all
at once when convenient. Normally they will always be written to disk
within a minute or less.)
@c !!! xref fsync
-You can use the @code{O_FSYNC} open mode to make @code{write} always
+You can use the @code{O_FSYNC} open mode to make @code{write} always
store the data to disk before returning; @pxref{Operating Modes}.
In the case of an error, @code{write} returns @code{-1}. The following
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ file position. This count may be positive or negative.
Specifies that @var{whence} is a count of characters from the end of
the file. A negative count specifies a position within the current
extent of the file; a positive count specifies a position past the
-current end. If you set the position past the current end, and
+current end. If you set the position past the current end, and
actually write data, you will extend the file with zeros up to that
position.@end table
@@ -482,10 +482,10 @@ streams instead of file descriptors.
@end deftypefun
You can have multiple descriptors for the same file if you open the file
-more than once, or if you duplicate a descriptor with @code{dup}.
+more than once, or if you duplicate a descriptor with @code{dup}.
Descriptors that come from separate calls to @code{open} have independent
file positions; using @code{lseek} on one descriptor has no effect on the
-other. For example,
+other. For example,
@smallexample
@group
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ the stream.
@menu
* Linked Channels:: Dealing with channels sharing a file position.
* Independent Channels:: Dealing with separately opened, unlinked channels.
-* Cleaning Streams:: Cleaning a stream makes it safe to use
+* Cleaning Streams:: Cleaning a stream makes it safe to use
another channel.
@end menu
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ the @code{select} with a newly calculated timeout based on the current
time. See the example below. See also @ref{Interrupted Primitives}.
If an error occurs, @code{select} returns @code{-1} and does not modify
-the argument file descriptor sets. The following @code{errno} error
+the argument file descriptor sets. The following @code{errno} error
conditions are defined for this function:
@table @code
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ The symbols in this section are defined in the header file
@deftypevr Macro int F_GETFD
This macro is used as the @var{command} argument to @code{fcntl}, to
specify that it should return the file descriptor flags associated
-with the @var{filedes} argument.
+with the @var{filedes} argument.
The normal return value from @code{fcntl} with this command is a
nonnegative number which can be interpreted as the bitwise OR of the
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ without altering any other flags:
@smallexample
/* @r{Set the @code{FD_CLOEXEC} flag of @var{desc} if @var{value} is nonzero,}
@r{or clear the flag if @var{value} is 0.}
- @r{Return 0 on success, or -1 on error with @code{errno} set.} */
+ @r{Return 0 on success, or -1 on error with @code{errno} set.} */
int
set_cloexec_flag (int desc, int value)
@@ -1523,7 +1523,7 @@ resulting in your data appearing someplace before the real end of file.
@comment fcntl.h
@comment POSIX.1
-@deftypevr O_NONBLOCK
+@deftypevr Macro int O_NONBLOCK
The bit that enables nonblocking mode for the file. If this bit is set,
@code{read} requests on the file can return immediately with a failure
status if there is no input immediately available, instead of blocking.
@@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@ altering any other flags:
@group
/* @r{Set the @code{O_NONBLOCK} flag of @var{desc} if @var{value} is nonzero,}
@r{or clear the flag if @var{value} is 0.}
- @r{Return 0 on success, or -1 on error with @code{errno} set.} */
+ @r{Return 0 on success, or -1 on error with @code{errno} set.} */
int
set_nonblock_flag (int desc, int value)
@@ -1891,7 +1891,7 @@ for billing purposes.
Having multiple copies of the program simultaneously writing to the
file could cause the contents of the file to become mixed up. But
you can prevent this kind of problem by setting a write lock on the
-file before actually writing to the file.
+file before actually writing to the file.
If the program also needs to read the file and wants to make sure that
the contents of the file are in a consistent state, then it can also use
@@ -1920,7 +1920,7 @@ where @code{select} would report the socket as having an ``exceptional
condition''. @xref{Waiting for I/O}.)
If the file descriptor corresponds to a terminal device, then @code{SIGIO}
-signals are sent to the foreground process group of the terminal.
+signals are sent to the foreground process group of the terminal.
@xref{Job Control}.
@pindex fcntl.h