I can't see a reason to include it. <fcntl.h> provides O_* constants for 'flags', S_* constants for 'mode', and mode_t. Probably a long time ago, some of those weren't defined in <fcntl.h>, and both headers needed to be included, or maybe it's a historical error. Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> --- man2/open.2 | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man2/open.2 b/man2/open.2 index bac1ee806..1bcd995f4 100644 --- a/man2/open.2 +++ b/man2/open.2 @@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ open, openat, creat \- open and possibly create a file .SH SYNOPSIS .nf -.B #include <sys/stat.h> .B #include <fcntl.h> .PP .BI "int open(const char *" pathname ", int " flags ); -- 2.31.1
