Re: open() vs the lowest unused file descriptor

2004-10-16 Thread Ryan Sommers
Carl J wrote: Hi! Today I noticed that on Single Unix Specification V2, as well as on the Linux 2.4.26 machine I have here, that the open() call promises to return the lowest unused file descriptor when successful. I'm just wondering: does FreeBSD 4.x and 5.x promise that? If so, should we update t

open() vs the lowest unused file descriptor

2004-10-16 Thread Carl J
Hi! Today I noticed that on Single Unix Specification V2, as well as on the Linux 2.4.26 machine I have here, that the open() call promises to return the lowest unused file descriptor when successful. I'm just wondering: does FreeBSD 4.x and 5.x promise that? If so, should we update the manpage to