getline: Update regarding AIX.

[gnulib.git] / lib / pipe.h

diff --git a/lib/pipe.h b/lib/pipe.h
index 5f00c4c..7517892 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/pipe.h
+++ b/lib/pipe.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Creation of subprocesses, communicating via pipes.
-   Copyright (C) 2001-2003, 2006, 2008-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2001-2003, 2006, 2008-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Written by Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org>, 2001.
 
    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ extern "C" {
    one or two file descriptors for communication with the subprocess.
    If the subprocess creation fails: if exit_on_error is true, the main
    process exits with an error message; otherwise, an error message is given
-   if null_stderr is false, then -1 is returned and fd[] remain uninitialized.
+   if null_stderr is false, then -1 is returned, with errno set, and fd[]
+   remain uninitialized.
 
    After finishing communication, the caller should call wait_subprocess()
    to get rid of the subprocess in the process table.