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diff libinterp/corefcn/syscalls.cc @ 20233:b597bd161a5f stable
doc: Document that mkfifo's mode argument is in decimal (bug #45054).
* dirfns.cc (Fmkdir): Document that umask is applied to the mode bits of a
newly created directory.
* file-io.cc (Ffopen): Document that umask is applied to the mode bits of a
newly created file.
* file-io.cc (Fumask): Add brief explanation of umask and UNIX permission bits.
* syscalls.cc (Fmkfifo): Document that mode is in decimal and subject to umask
processing.
| author | Rik <rik@octave.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Sun, 17 May 2015 09:45:54 -0700 |
| parents | aa36fb998a4d |
| children | d9f35ceff9e1 |
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--- a/libinterp/corefcn/syscalls.cc Thu May 14 14:25:37 2015 -0700 +++ b/libinterp/corefcn/syscalls.cc Sun May 17 09:45:54 2015 -0700 @@ -821,14 +821,18 @@ DEFUNX ("mkfifo", Fmkfifo, args, , "-*- texinfo -*-\n\ -@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} mkfifo (@var{name}, @var{mode})\n\ +@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {@var{err} =} mkfifo (@var{name}, @var{mode})\n\ @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {[@var{err}, @var{msg}] =} mkfifo (@var{name}, @var{mode})\n\ -Create a FIFO special file named @var{name} with file mode @var{mode}\n\ +Create a FIFO special file named @var{name} with file mode @var{mode}.\n\ +\n\ +@var{mode} is interpreted as a decimal number (@emph{not} octal) and is\n\ +subject to umask processing. The final calculated mode is\n\ +@code{@var{mode} - @var{umask}}.\n\ \n\ If successful, @var{err} is 0 and @var{msg} is an empty string.\n\ Otherwise, @var{err} is nonzero and @var{msg} contains a system-dependent\n\ error message.\n\ -@seealso{pipe}\n\ +@seealso{pipe, umask}\n\ @end deftypefn") { octave_value_list retval;