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open.2: add separate paragraph for O_CREAT
PR: 284353
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@ -231,16 +231,36 @@ is specified and the
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file exists, the file is truncated to zero length.
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.Pp
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If
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.Dv O_EXCL
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is set with
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.Dv O_CREAT
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and the file already
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exists,
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is set, but file already exists,
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this flag has no effect except when
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.Dv O_EXCL
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is set too, in this case
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.Fn open
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fails with
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.Er EEXIST .
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This may be used to
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implement a simple exclusive access locking mechanism.
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In all other cases, the file is created
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and the access permission bits (see
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.Xr chmod 2)
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of the file mode
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are set to the value of the third argument taken as
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.Fa "mode_t mode"
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and passed through the
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.Xr umask 2 .
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This argument does not affect whether the file is opened
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for reading, writing, or for both.
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The open' request for a lock on the file, created with
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.Dv O_CREAT ,
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will never fail
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(provided that the underlying file system supports locking;
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see also
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.Dv O_SHLOCK
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and
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.Dv O_EXLOCK
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below).
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.Pp
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If
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.Dv O_EXCL
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is set and the last component of the pathname is
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@ -289,10 +309,6 @@ semantics can be obtained by setting
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for a shared lock, or
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.Dv O_EXLOCK
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for an exclusive lock.
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If creating a file with
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.Dv O_CREAT ,
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the request for the lock will never fail
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(provided that the underlying file system supports locking).
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.Pp
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.Dv O_DIRECT
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may be used to minimize or eliminate the cache effects of reading and writing.
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