Add dependencies to the 'largefile' module.

[gnulib.git] / doc / posix-functions / pwrite.texi

diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/pwrite.texi b/doc/posix-functions/pwrite.texi
index eb2e87c..c214a54 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/posix-functions/pwrite.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/pwrite.texi
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 @section @code{pwrite}
 @findex pwrite
 
-POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/pwrite.html}
+POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/pwrite.html}
 
 Gnulib module: pwrite
 
@@ -11,6 +11,17 @@ Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @item
 This function is missing on some platforms:
 HP-UX 10, mingw, BeOS.
+@item
+On platforms where @code{off_t} is a 32-bit type, this function may not
+work correctly on files larger than 2 GB.  (Cf. @code{AC_SYS_LARGEFILE}.)
+@item
+This function does not fail when an invalid (negative) offset is passed when
+large file support is enabled on some platforms:
+HP-UX 11.11.
+@item
+This function uses an arbitrary offset instead of the @code{off_t} argument
+when large file support is enabled on some platforms:
+HP-UX 11.11.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: