Mail Archives: djgpp-workers/1997/09/14/14:55:21
I think this clarifies the point a bit:
diff -c src/libc/dos/io/_open.t~0 src/libc/dos/io/_open.txh
*** src/libc/dos/io/_open.t~0 Sun Aug 31 17:12:00 1997
--- src/libc/dos/io/_open.txh Fri Sep 12 12:24:58 1997
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*** 9,18 ****
@subheading Description
! This is a direct connection to the MS-DOS open function call, int
! 0x21, %ah = 0x3d. The file is set to binary mode. This function
! can be hooked by the @xref{File System Extensions}. If don't want
! this you should use @xref{_dos_open}.
@subheading Return Value
--- 9,21 ----
@subheading Description
! This is a direct connection to the MS-DOS open function call, int 0x21,
! %ah = 0x3d. (When long file names are supported, @code{_open} calls
! function 0x716c of Int 0x21.) The file is set to binary mode.
!
! This function can be hooked by the @xref{File System Extensions}. If
! you don't want this you should use @xref{_dos_open} (but note that the
! latter doesn't support long file names).
@subheading Return Value
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