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doc: Update for macOS 11.1. * doc/posix-headers/*.texi: Update. * doc/glibc-headers/*.texi: Update. * doc/posix-functions/*.texi: Likewise. * doc/pastposix-functions/*.texi: Likewise. * doc/glibc-functions/*.texi: Likewise. * m4/aligned_alloc.m4 (gl_FUNC_ALIGNED_ALLOC): Update cross-compilation guess.
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@node open
@section @code{open}
@findex open
POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/open.html}
Gnulib module: open, fchdir
Portability problems fixed by the Gnulib module @code{open}:
@itemize
@item
Some platforms do not support @code{O_CLOEXEC}:
@c See posix-headers/fcntl.texi for the list.
Mac OS X 10.6, FreeBSD 8.4, NetBSD 5.1, OpenBSD 4.9, Minix 3.1.8, AIX 7.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 10, Cygwin 1.7.x, mingw, MSVC 14.
@item
On platforms where @code{off_t} is a 32-bit type, @code{open} may not work
correctly with files larger than 2 GB@. (Cf. @code{AC_SYS_LARGEFILE}.)
@item
This function does not fail when the file name argument ends in a slash
and (without the slash) names a nonexistent file or a file that is not a
directory, on some platforms:
macOS 11.1, FreeBSD 7.2, AIX 7.1, HP-UX 11.00, Solaris 9.
@item
This function does not support the @code{O_NONBLOCK} flag when it is defined
by the gnulib module @code{nonblocking} on some platforms:
mingw, MSVC 14.
@item
On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function does usually not
recognize the @file{/dev/null} filename.
@end itemize
Portability problems fixed by the Gnulib module @code{fchdir}:
@itemize
@item
On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function fails to open a
read-only descriptor for directories.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
The Gnulib replacement for @code{O_CLOEXEC} is not atomic, and so is
not safe in the presence of multiple threads or signal handlers.
@item
@code{open ("symlink", O_NOFOLLOW ...)} fails with @code{errno} set to
@code{EMLINK} instead of the POSIX-required @code{ELOOP} on some
platforms:
FreeBSD 10.1.
@item
@code{open ("symlink", O_NOFOLLOW ...)} fails with @code{errno} set to
@code{EFTYPE} instead of the POSIX-required @code{ELOOP} on some
platforms:
NetBSD 6.1.
@item
On Windows, this function returns a file handle in @code{O_TEXT} mode by
default; this means that it translates @code{'\n'} to CR/LF by default. Use the
@code{O_BINARY} flag if you need reliable binary I/O.
@end itemize