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Diffstat (limited to 'manual/filesys.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | manual/filesys.texi | 23 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/manual/filesys.texi b/manual/filesys.texi index 5a3f0c51be..e2c9ffb432 100644 --- a/manual/filesys.texi +++ b/manual/filesys.texi @@ -91,19 +91,18 @@ using only the standard behavior of @code{getcwd}: @smallexample char * -gnu_getcwd () +gnu_getcwd (size_t size) @{ - int size = 100; - char *buffer = (char *) xmalloc (size); - while (1) @{ + char *buffer = (char *) xmalloc (size); char *value = getcwd (buffer, size); - if (value != 0) - return buffer; - size *= 2; + if (value == buffer) + return value; free (buffer); - buffer = (char *) xmalloc (size); + if (errno != ERANGE) + return value; + size *= 2; @} @} @end smallexample @@ -2558,8 +2557,8 @@ The operation was interrupted by a signal. @deftypefun int truncate64 (const char *@var{name}, off64_t @var{length}) This function is similar to the @code{truncate} function. The difference is that the @var{length} argument is 64 bits wide even on 32 -bits machines which allows to handle file with a size up to @math{2^63} -bytes. +bits machines, which allows the handling of files with sizes up to +@math{2^63} bytes. When the source file is compiled with @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS == 64} on a 32 bits machine this function is actually available under the name @@ -2635,8 +2634,8 @@ The operation was interrupted by a signal. @deftypefun int ftruncate64 (int @var{id}, off64_t @var{length}) This function is similar to the @code{ftruncate} function. The difference is that the @var{length} argument is 64 bits wide even on 32 -bits machines which allows to handle file with a size up to @math{2^63} -bytes. +bits machines which allows the handling of files with sizes up to +@math{2^63} bytes. When the source file is compiled with @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS == 64} on a 32 bits machine this function is actually available under the name |