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Diffstat (limited to 'winsup/cygwin/posix.sgml')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/posix.sgml b/winsup/cygwin/posix.sgml index b7358523d..6a3bc2298 100644 --- a/winsup/cygwin/posix.sgml +++ b/winsup/cygwin/posix.sgml @@ -1449,8 +1449,9 @@ only support ITIMER_REAL for now.</para> a true hardlink. This is true at least for FAT and FAT32 filesystems. NTFS supports hardlinks. </para> -<para><function>lseek</function> only works properly on binary -files.</para> +<para><function>lseek</function> only works properly on files opened in +binary mode. On files opened in textmode (via mount mode or explicit +open flag) its positioning is potentially unreliable.</para> <para><function>setuid</function> is only safe against reverting the user switch after a call to one of the exec(2) functions took place. Windows |