doc/posix-functions/write.texi

   1 @node write
   2 @section @code{write}
   3 @findex write
   4
   5 POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/write.html}
   6
   7 Gnulib module: write, nonblocking, sigpipe
   8
   9 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{stdio}, together with module @code{nonblocking}:
  10 @itemize
  11 @item
  12 When writing to a non-blocking pipe whose buffer is full, this function fails
  13 with @code{errno} being set to @code{ENOSPC} instead of @code{EAGAIN} on some
  14 platforms:
  15 mingw.
  16 @end itemize
  17
  18 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{stdio}, together with module @code{sigpipe}:
  19 @itemize
  20 @item
  21 When writing to a pipe with no readers, this function fails with error
  22 @code{EINVAL}, instead of obeying the current @code{SIGPIPE} handler, on
  23 some platforms:
  24 mingw.
  25 @end itemize
  26
  27 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
  28 @itemize
  29 @end itemize