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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2008-07-04 15:44:19 +0000
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2008-07-04 15:44:19 +0000
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ERRORS: Add EINTR error
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diff --git a/man2/open.2 b/man2/open.2
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@@ -471,6 +471,13 @@ for this case.)
.\" "Open of a large file on 32-bit fails with EFBIG, should be EOVERFLOW"
.\" Reported 2006-10-03
.TP
+.B EINTR
+While blocked waiting to complete an open of a slow device
+(e.g., a FIFO; see
+.BR fifo (7)),
+the call was interrupted by a signal handler; see
+.BR signal (7).
+.TP
.B EISDIR
.I pathname
refers to a directory and the access requested involved writing