@section @code{open}
@findex open
-POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/open.html}
+POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/open.html}
Gnulib module: open
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This function does not fail when the file name argument ends in a slash
-and (without the slash) names a nonexistent file, on some platforms:
-HP-UX 11.00, Solaris 9.
+and (without the slash) names a nonexistent file or a file that is not a
+directory, on some platforms:
+HP-UX 11.00, Solaris 9, Irix 5.3.
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On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function does usually not
recognize the @file{/dev/null} filename.