From 5f284da2d4b7b3883d46eb49128982922da322a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Georg Brandl Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 21:18:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document recent fdopen() change. --- Doc/lib/libos.tex | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex index a9100a1a82e..ebe30210e39 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex @@ -343,6 +343,10 @@ Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows. \versionchanged[When specified, the \var{mode} argument must now start with one of the letters \character{r}, \character{w}, or \character{a}, otherwise a \exception{ValueError} is raised]{2.3} +\versionchanged[On \UNIX, when the \var{mode} argument starts with + \character{a}, the \var{O_APPEND} flag is set on the file descriptor + (which the \cfunction{fdopen()} implementation already does on most + platforms)]{2.5} \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{popen}{command\optional{, mode\optional{, bufsize}}} @@ -1732,7 +1736,7 @@ The \function{spawn()} functions called with \constant{P_NOWAIT} return suitable process handles. \end{funcdesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{wait3}{\{optional{options}} +\begin{funcdesc}{wait3}{\optional{options}} Similar to \function{waitpid()}, except no process id argument is given and a 3-element tuple containing the child's process id, exit status indication, and resource usage information is returned. Refer to