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Date:      Tue, 3 Nov 1998 14:14:10 -0600 (CST)
From:      Kevin Day <toasty@home.dragondata.com>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   docs/8559: Update to open(2) man page to reflect ENXIO behavior with fifos
Message-ID:  <199811032014.OAA26679@home.dragondata.com>

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>Number:         8559
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Update to open(2) man page to reflect ENXIO behavior with fifos
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Nov  3 12:20:01 PST 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Kevin Day
>Organization:
DragonData Internet Services
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE i386
>Environment:


>Description:


>How-To-Repeat:

--- open.2.orig Tue Nov  3 13:40:29 1998
+++ open.2.new  Tue Nov  3 13:41:51 1998
@@ -213,6 +213,10 @@
 The named file is a character special or block
 special file, and the device associated with this special file
 does not exist.
+.It Bq Er ENXIO
+The named file is a fifo, no process has 
+this fifo open for reading, and the arguments specify it is
+to be opened for writing.
 .It Bq Er EINTR
 The
 .Fn open

Perhaps the description for ENXIO directly above this insertion describes
this but it's not very clear. :)

>Fix:
	

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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