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diff --git a/man3/fmemopen.3 b/man3/fmemopen.3 index 3d983d1e5d..0205969a60 100644 --- a/man3/fmemopen.3 +++ b/man3/fmemopen.3 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ .\" and Copyright 2005 Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> .\" Distributed under the GPL. .\" -.TH FMEMOPEN 3 2008-08-21 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH FMEMOPEN 3 2008-10-12 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME fmemopen, open_memstream \- open memory as stream .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ If specifies an append mode, then the initial file position is set to location of the first null byte (\(aq\\0\(aq) in the buffer; otherwise the initial file position is set to the start of the buffer. +Since glibc 2.9, the letter 'b' may be specified as the second character in +.IR mode . +This provides "binary" mode: +writes don't add a terminating null byte, and a +.BR fseek (3) +.B SEEK_END +is relative to the end of the buffer (i.e., the value specified by the +.I size +argument), rather than the current string length. .PP When a stream that has been opened for writing is flushed .RB ( fflush (3)) |