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Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 19:56:05 +0100
From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: getcwd docs: describe extensions to POSIX, revision 2 [PATCH]
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Hello.

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 00:43:31 +0100
> > From: "Richard Dawe" <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
> > +
> > +If @var{buffer} is @code{NULL}, @code{getcwd} allocates
> > +a buffer of size @var{max} with @code{malloc}.  This is an extension
> > +of the POSIX standard, which is compatible with the behaviour on Linux.
> 
> Please refer to glibc instead of to Linux: the behavior of the library
> has nothing to do with the OS kernel on which it runs.

Yes, that's a good point. I will also mention that glibc is used on Linux.

> Otherwise, I have no objectsions; thanks.

Thanks, bye, Rich =]

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