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| author | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2005-11-14 23:57:36 +0000 |
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| committer | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2005-11-14 23:57:36 +0000 |
| commit | df1219219da85e1ed419c398de1814177b99110b (patch) | |
| tree | 39378b46ad8d1c3aced644d6b18120d8bc83f88c /lib/libc | |
| parent | f49333713baf323db3180b3c738d34769a4f5f59 (diff) | |
clarify the description of append mode;
this comes originally from a mail from mpech@;
ok otto@, and no one else objected;
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/stdio/fopen.3 | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdio/fopen.3 b/lib/libc/stdio/fopen.3 index 48e04f47aad..ff0e0b17ec2 100644 --- a/lib/libc/stdio/fopen.3 +++ b/lib/libc/stdio/fopen.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: fopen.3,v 1.18 2005/07/26 03:30:25 jaredy Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: fopen.3,v 1.19 2005/11/14 23:57:35 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -90,7 +90,12 @@ The and .Fn freopen functions initially position the stream at the start of the file -unless the file is opened in append mode, +unless the file is opened in append mode +.Po +.Sq a +or +.Sq a+ +.Pc , in which case the stream is initially positioned at the end of the file. .Pp Opening a file in append mode causes all subsequent writes to it |