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Ensure that a filename ending in a slash cannot be used to access a non-directory.
author Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
date Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:50:02 +0200
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1 @node open
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2 @section @code{open}
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3 @findex open
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5 POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/open.html}
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7 Gnulib module: open
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9 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
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10 @itemize
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11 @item
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12 This function does not fail when the file name argument ends in a slash
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13 and (without the slash) names a nonexistent file or a file that is not a
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14 directory, on some platforms:
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15 HP-UX 11.00, Solaris 9.
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16 @item
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17 On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function does usually not
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18 recognize the @file{/dev/null} filename.
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19 @end itemize
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21 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
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24 On Windows, this function returns a file handle in @code{O_TEXT} mode by
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25 default; this means that it translates '\n' to CR/LF by default. Use the
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26 @code{O_BINARY} flag if you need reliable binary I/O.
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27 @item
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28 On platforms where @code{off_t} is a 32-bit type, @code{open} may not work
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29 correctly with files larger than 2 GB. The fix is to use the
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30 @code{AC_SYS_LARGEFILE} macro.
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31 @end itemize