On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 07:11:07AM +0000, Muzaffer Ozakca wrote:
> As you know, there are 2 different open() calls:
>
> a) open(char *path, int flags, mode_t mode)
> b) open(char *path, int flags)
This was bothering me too; luckily, I managed to corner phillips and
hald about this. The gist is: in fcntl.h (glibc)
extern int open (__const char *__file, int __oflag, ...) __THROW;
It surprised me to learn that open() is actually using the varargs
stuff, the same as printf(). (Don't ask me why, but I always figure
varargs is going to break *something* horribly... :)
cdub chimed in, and said the definitions could be found in glibc source
with file names such as "sysdeps/generic/open.c". I didn't poke around
too much, but that seems to be the case. :)
Cheers!
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