On Apr 12 10:56, Reini Urban wrote: > 2010/4/12 Christopher Faylor: > > I have just uploaded a long-overdue update to the Cygwin documentation > > package. This package provides man and info pages for cygwin utilities > > and *some* of the Cygwin api. It reflects the current state of Cygwin > > and newlib as of this date. > > http://cygwin.com/cygwin-api/std-notes.html > "lseek only works properly on binary files." > > Shouldn't that say: > "lseek only works properly on files mounted or opened binary, and not > in textmode." > > textfiles mounted or opened binary do work fine IMHO.
I see what you mean but I don't quite understand your last sentence. Do you mean this? mounted binary, opened modeless -> lseek works fine mounted binary, opened binary -> lseek works fine mounted binary, opened text -> lseek is unreliable mounted text , opened modeless -> lseek is unreliable mounted text , opened binary -> lseek works fine mounted text , opened text -> lseek is unreliable That's what we're trying to say. So I changed this locally to <para><function>lseek</function> only works properly on files opened in binary mode. On files opened in textmode (via mount mode or explicit open flag) its positioning is potentially unreliable.</para> Does that sound ok? If so, I check it in. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
