projects
/
gnulib.git
/ blobdiff
commit
grep
author
committer
pickaxe
?
search:
re
summary
|
shortlog
|
log
|
commit
|
commitdiff
|
tree
raw
|
inline
| side by side
mkfifo-tests, etc.: allow HP-UX 11.11 bug
[gnulib.git]
/
doc
/
posix-functions
/
mkfifo.texi
diff --git
a/doc/posix-functions/mkfifo.texi
b/doc/posix-functions/mkfifo.texi
index
c1d0429
..
6fc49f7
100644
(file)
--- a/
doc/posix-functions/mkfifo.texi
+++ b/
doc/posix-functions/mkfifo.texi
@@
-2,17
+2,25
@@
@section @code{mkfifo}
@findex mkfifo
@section @code{mkfifo}
@findex mkfifo
-POSIX specification:
@url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh
/mkfifo.html}
+POSIX specification:
@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions
/mkfifo.html}
-Gnulib module:
---
+Gnulib module:
mkfifo
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
+@item
+This function mishandles trailing slash on some platforms:
+FreeBSD 7.2, Solaris 9.
+@item
+This function is missing on some platforms; however, the replacement
+always fails with @code{ENOSYS}:
+mingw, MSVC 9.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
-This function is missing on some platforms:
-mingw.
+If the argument exists and is a directory, this function fails with
+@code{EISDIR} instead of the correct @code{EEXIST}:
+HP-UX 11.11.
@end itemize
@end itemize