From 13a992b1c2e1d0e69567fb94bc35f978c4c37ce5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sam Roberts Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:03:13 -0700 Subject: doc: document the fds behind stdin/out/err Its common knowledge on unix, but node documentation depends on knowing this, as it exposes both streams named after stdio, and the fd numbers, so make this explicit. Fixes: https://github.com/joyent/node/pull/8624 PR-URL: https://github.com/joyent/node/pull/8454 Reviewed-by: Trevor Norris --- doc/api/process.markdown | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/api/process.markdown b/doc/api/process.markdown index 04da4a6f8..663d9c159 100644 --- a/doc/api/process.markdown +++ b/doc/api/process.markdown @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ emulation with `process.kill()`, and `child_process.kill()`: ## process.stdout -A `Writable Stream` to `stdout`. +A `Writable Stream` to `stdout` (on fd `1`). Example: the definition of `console.log` @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ See [the tty docs](tty.html#tty_tty) for more information. ## process.stderr -A writable stream to stderr. +A writable stream to stderr (on fd `2`). `process.stderr` and `process.stdout` are unlike other streams in Node in that writes to them are usually blocking. @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ that writes to them are usually blocking. ## process.stdin -A `Readable Stream` for stdin. +A `Readable Stream` for stdin (on fd `0`). Example of opening standard input and listening for both events: -- cgit v1.2.1