From 3aa17e6272e95a433ae21204e83ba180f0ee4f2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ghelmer Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 18:45:35 +0000 Subject: Explain ENXIO error status with respect to fifos. PR: docs/8559 --- lib/libc/sys/open.2 | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/open.2') diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/open.2 b/lib/libc/sys/open.2 index 15a4ef6..4a02198 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/open.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/open.2 @@ -217,6 +217,10 @@ The system file table is full. 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 +it open for reading, and the arguments specify it is +to be opened for writing. .It Bq Er EINTR The .Fn open -- cgit v1.1