dup2, dup3: work around another cygwin crasher

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

diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/write.texi b/doc/posix-functions/write.texi
index 64ab174..d0e3137 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/posix-functions/write.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/write.texi
@@ -9,14 +9,17 @@ Gnulib module: write, nonblocking, sigpipe
 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{stdio}, together with module @code{nonblocking}:
 @itemize
 @item
+This function crashes when invoked with invalid arguments on some platforms:
+MSVC 9.
+@item
 When writing to a non-blocking pipe whose buffer is full, this function fails
 with @code{errno} being set to @code{ENOSPC} instead of @code{EAGAIN} on some
 platforms:
 mingw, MSVC 9.
 @item
 When writing to a non-blocking pipe on which no reader is currently waiting
-an amount of bytes that exceeds the pipe buffer's size, then -- even if the
-pipe's buffer is empty -- this function fails, instead of performing a partial
+an amount of bytes that exceeds the pipe buffer's size, then---even if the
+pipe's buffer is empty---this function fails, instead of performing a partial
 write into the pipe buffer, on some platforms:
 mingw, MSVC 9.
 @end itemize
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @item
 This function may fail with error @code{EINTR}, even in programs that don't
 install any signal handlers, on some platforms:
-MacOS X 10.5.
+Mac OS X 10.5.
 @end itemize
 
 For handling @code{EINTR}, Gnulib provides a module @samp{safe-write} with a