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Change mkfifo to use an octal argument for MODE (bug #45054). * NEWS: Announce switch from decimal to octal MODE for mkfifo. * file-io.cc (convert): Add a FIXME note that this function is repeated in * syscalls.cc. * syscalls.cc (convert): New function to convert from one base to another. * syscalls.cc (Fmkfifo): Change docstring to note that MODE argument is now octal. Convert MODE from octal to decimal before calling octave_mkfifo(). Add BIST tests. * __gnuplot_get_var__.m, __gnuplot_ginput__.m: Change instances of MODE argument in m-files from decimal to octal.
author Rik <rik@octave.org>
date Sun, 17 May 2015 10:04:08 -0700
parents e410d62ae2c8
children 29eb47fe8e8c
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1 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.2: 1 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.2:
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4 ** mkfifo now interprets the MODE argument as an octal, not decimal, integer.
5 This is consistent with the equivalent shell command.
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4 ** Other new functions added in 4.2: 7 ** Other new functions added in 4.2:
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