5 POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/open.html}
7 Gnulib module: open, fchdir
9 Portability problems fixed by the Gnulib module @code{open}:
12 Some platforms do not support @code{O_CLOEXEC}:
13 Mac OS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, Cygwin, mingw, MSVC 14, Interix 3.5.
15 On platforms where @code{off_t} is a 32-bit type, @code{open} may not work
16 correctly with files larger than 2 GB. (Cf. @code{AC_SYS_LARGEFILE}.)
18 This function does not fail when the file name argument ends in a slash
19 and (without the slash) names a nonexistent file or a file that is not a
20 directory, on some platforms:
21 FreeBSD 7.2, AIX 7.1, HP-UX 11.00, Solaris 9, Irix 5.3.
23 This function does not support the @code{O_NONBLOCK} flag when it is defined
24 by the gnulib module @code{nonblocking} on some platforms:
27 On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function does usually not
28 recognize the @file{/dev/null} filename.
31 Portability problems fixed by the Gnulib module @code{fchdir}:
34 On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function fails to open a
35 read-only descriptor for directories.
38 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
41 The Gnulib replacement for @code{O_CLOEXEC} is not atomic, and so is
42 not safe in the presence of multiple threads or signal handlers.
44 @code{open ("symlink", O_NOFOLLOW ...)} fails with @code{errno} set to
45 @code{EMLINK} instead of the POSIX-required @code{ELOOP} on some
49 @code{open ("symlink", O_NOFOLLOW ...)} fails with @code{errno} set to
50 @code{EFTYPE} instead of the POSIX-required @code{ELOOP} on some
54 On Windows, this function returns a file handle in @code{O_TEXT} mode by
55 default; this means that it translates @code{'\n'} to CR/LF by default. Use the
56 @code{O_BINARY} flag if you need reliable binary I/O.