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Diffstat (limited to 'man3/stdin.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | man3/stdin.3 | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man3/stdin.3 b/man3/stdin.3 index 6c10c3391b..a3c6fa2044 100644 --- a/man3/stdin.3 +++ b/man3/stdin.3 @@ -40,12 +40,16 @@ and Each of these symbols is a .BR stdio (3) -macro of type pointer to FILE, and can be used with functions like +macro of type pointer to +.IR FILE , +and can be used with functions like .BR fprintf (3) or .BR fread (3). .sp -Since FILEs are a buffering wrapper around Unix file descriptors, the +Since +.IR FILE s +are a buffering wrapper around Unix file descriptors, the same underlying files may also be accessed using the raw Unix file interface, that is, the functions like .BR read (2) @@ -71,7 +75,9 @@ are defined with these values in to one of these streams can change the file descriptor number associated with the stream.) .sp -Note that mixing use of FILEs and raw file descriptors can produce +Note that mixing use of +.IR FILE s +and raw file descriptors can produce unexpected results and should generally be avoided. (For the masochistic among you: POSIX.1, section 8.2.3, describes in detail how this interaction is supposed to work.) |