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author | Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> | 1998-06-13 00:49:55 +0000 |
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committer | Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> | 1998-06-13 00:49:55 +0000 |
commit | a3a4a74e6ad85a4c710a335b0ab6eaab3e355a19 (patch) | |
tree | 4c7491d2ee1ab6534b624bec67e28a71d4c72ad5 /manual/stdio.texi | |
parent | ecdc196cac5e9e4b783cd77bb709eb6742a0184e (diff) | |
download | glibc-a3a4a74e6ad85a4c710a335b0ab6eaab3e355a19.tar.gz |
Update.
1998-06-12 23:34 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* manual/arith.texi: Fix problem with @math and texinfo.tex.
* manual/filesys.texi: Document LFS functions.
* manual/llio.texi: Likewise.
* manual/stdio.texi: Likewise.
* manual/time.texi: Likewise.
* manual/llio.texi: Document AIO functions.
* resource/sys/resource.h: Mark second argument of setrlimit as const.
* sysdeps/generic/setrlimit.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/generic/setrlimit64.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/mach/hurd/setrlimit.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/setrlimit.c: Likewise.
Diffstat (limited to 'manual/stdio.texi')
-rw-r--r-- | manual/stdio.texi | 126 |
1 files changed, 125 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/manual/stdio.texi b/manual/stdio.texi index 1108b0c1fe..4d054c02ef 100644 --- a/manual/stdio.texi +++ b/manual/stdio.texi @@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ Any other characters in @var{opentype} are simply ignored. They may be meaningful in other systems. If the open fails, @code{fopen} returns a null pointer. + +When the sources are compiling with @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS == 64} on a +32 bits machine this function is in fact @code{fopen64} since the LFS +interface replaces transparently the old interface. @end deftypefun You can have multiple streams (or file descriptors) pointing to the same @@ -221,6 +225,21 @@ file locking facilities to avoid simultaneous access. @xref{File Locks}. @comment stdio.h +@comment Unix98 +@deftypefun {FILE *} fopen64 (const char *@var{filename}, const char *@var{opentype}) +This function is similar to @code{fopen} but the stream it returns a +pointer for is opened using @code{open64}. Therefore this stream can be +used even on files larger then @math{2^31} bytes on 32 bits machines. + +Please note that the return type is still @code{FILE *}. There is no +special @code{FILE} type for the LFS interface. + +If the sources are compiled with @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS == 64} on a 32 +bits machine this function is available under the name @code{fopen} +and so transparently replaces the old interface. +@end deftypefun + +@comment stdio.h @comment ISO @deftypevr Macro int FOPEN_MAX The value of this macro is an integer constant expression that @@ -254,6 +273,25 @@ programs in which use of a standard stream for certain purposes is hard-coded. In the GNU C library, you can simply close the standard streams and open new ones with @code{fopen}. But other systems lack this ability, so using @code{freopen} is more portable. + +When the sources are compiling with @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS == 64} on a +32 bits machine this function is in fact @code{freopen64} since the LFS +interface replaces transparently the old interface. +@end deftypefun + +@comment stdio.h +@comment Unix98 +@deftypefun {FILE *} freopen64 (const char *@var{filename}, const char *@var{opentype}, FILE *@var{stream}) +This function is similar to @code{freopen}. The only difference is that +on 32 bits machine the stream returned is able to read beyond the +@math{2^31} bytes limits imposed by the normal interface. It should be +noted that the stream pointed to by @var{stream} need not be opened +using @code{fopen64} or @code{freopen64} since its mode is not important +for this function. + +If the sources are compiled with @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS == 64} on a 32 +bits machine this function is available under the name @code{freopen} +and so transparently replaces the old interface. @end deftypefun @@ -3098,6 +3136,25 @@ the return value is the current file position. The function is an extension defined in the Unix Single Specification version 2. + +When the sources are compiled with @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS == 64} on a +32 bits system this function is in fact @code{ftello64}. I.e., the +LFS interface transparently replaces the old interface. +@end deftypefun + +@comment stdio.h +@comment Unix98 +@deftypefun off64_t ftello64 (FILE *@var{stream}) +This function is similar to @code{ftello} with the only difference that +the return value is of type @code{off64_t}. This also requires that the +stream @var{stream} was opened using either @code{fopen64}, +@code{freopen64}, or @code{tmpfile64} since otherwise the underlying +file operations to position the file pointer beyond the @math{2^31} +bytes limit might fail. + +If the sources are compiled with @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS == 64} on a 32 +bits machine this function is available under the name @code{ftello} +and so transparently replaces the old interface. @end deftypefun @comment stdio.h @@ -3136,6 +3193,25 @@ The functionality and return value is the same as for @code{fseek}. The function is an extension defined in the Unix Single Specification version 2. + +When the sources are compiled with @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS == 64} on a +32 bits system this function is in fact @code{fseeko64}. I.e., the +LFS interface transparently replaces the old interface. +@end deftypefun + +@comment stdio.h +@comment Unix98 +@deftypefun int fseeko64 (FILE *@var{stream}, off64_t @var{offset}, int @var{whence}) +This function is similar to @code{fseeko} with the only difference that +the @var{offset} parameter is of type @code{off64_t}. This also +requires that the stream @var{stream} was opened using either +@code{fopen64}, @code{freopen64}, or @code{tmpfile64} since otherwise +the underlying file operations to position the file pointer beyond the +@math{2^31} bytes limit might fail. + +If the sources are compiled with @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS == 64} on a 32 +bits machine this function is available under the name @code{fseeko} +and so transparently replaces the old interface. @end deftypefun @strong{Portability Note:} In non-POSIX systems, @code{ftell}, @@ -3272,6 +3348,22 @@ file position of a stream, for use by the functions @code{fgetpos} and In the GNU system, @code{fpos_t} is equivalent to @code{off_t} or @code{long int}. In other systems, it might have a different internal representation. + +When compiling with @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS == 64} on a 32 bits machine +this type is in fact equivalent to @code{off64_t} since the LFS +interface transparently replaced the old interface. +@end deftp + +@comment stdio.h +@comment Unix98 +@deftp {Data Type} fpos64_t +This is the type of an object that can encode information about the +file position of a stream, for use by the functions @code{fgetpos64} and +@code{fsetpos64}. + +In the GNU system, @code{fpos64_t} is equivalent to @code{off64_t} or +@code{long long int}. In other systems, it might have a different internal +representation. @end deftp @comment stdio.h @@ -3282,11 +3374,27 @@ stream @var{stream} in the @code{fpos_t} object pointed to by @var{position}. If successful, @code{fgetpos} returns zero; otherwise it returns a nonzero value and stores an implementation-defined positive value in @code{errno}. + +When the sources are compiled with @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS == 64} on a +32 bits system the function is in fact @code{fgetpos64}. I.e., the LFS +interface transparently replaced the old interface. +@end deftypefun + +@comment stdio.h +@comment Unix98 +@deftypefun int fgetpos64 (FILE *@var{stream}, fpos64_t *@var{position}) +This function is similar to @code{fgetpos} but the file position is +returned in a variable of type @code{fpos64_t} to which @var{position} +points. + +If the sources are compiled with @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS == 64} on a 32 +bits machine this function is available under the name @code{fgetpos} +and so transparently replaces the old interface. @end deftypefun @comment stdio.h @comment ISO -@deftypefun int fsetpos (FILE *@var{stream}, const fpos_t @var{position}) +@deftypefun int fsetpos (FILE *@var{stream}, const fpos_t *@var{position}) This function sets the file position indicator for the stream @var{stream} to the position @var{position}, which must have been set by a previous call to @code{fgetpos} on the same stream. If successful, @code{fsetpos} @@ -3294,6 +3402,22 @@ clears the end-of-file indicator on the stream, discards any characters that were ``pushed back'' by the use of @code{ungetc}, and returns a value of zero. Otherwise, @code{fsetpos} returns a nonzero value and stores an implementation-defined positive value in @code{errno}. + +When the sources are compiled with @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS == 64} on a +32 bits system the function is in fact @code{fsetpos64}. I.e., the LFS +interface transparently replaced the old interface. +@end deftypefun + +@comment stdio.h +@comment Unix98 +@deftypefun int fsetpos64 (FILE *@var{stream}, const fpos64_t *@var{position}) +This function is similar to @code{fsetpos} but the file position used +for positioning is provided in a variable of type @code{fpos64_t} to +which @var{position} points. + +If the sources are compiled with @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS == 64} on a 32 +bits machine this function is available under the name @code{fsetpos} +and so transparently replaces the old interface. @end deftypefun @node Stream Buffering |