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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2012-04-28 16:20:29 +1200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2012-05-07 15:30:13 +1200 |
| commit | e70cfff8b5becd76b7e6d5dd439cb261a6734bca (patch) | |
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| parent | 005e6bb888bf049e03f0a47873604ad069fb8e99 (diff) | |
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fmemopen.3: BUGS: Note inconsistent treatment of 'b' in 'mode'
fopen() permits, for example, both "w+b" and "wb+",
but only the latter is meaningful to fmemopen().
See http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12836
Reported-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man3/fmemopen.3 b/man3/fmemopen.3 index 39ea297e30..436bb51863 100644 --- a/man3/fmemopen.3 +++ b/man3/fmemopen.3 @@ -249,6 +249,19 @@ However, in this case the glibc .BR fmemopen () sets the file position to \-1. +To specify binary mode for +.BR fmemopen () +the \(aqb\(aq must be the +.I second +character in +.IR mode . +Thus, for example, "wb+" has the desired effect, but "w+b" does not. +This is inconsistent with the treatment of +.\" FIXME http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12836 +.IR mode +by +.BR fopen (3). + The glibc 2.9 addition of "binary" mode for .BR fmemopen () .\" http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6544 |