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authorJan Daniel Bothma <[email protected]>2012-11-14 18:01:07 +0100
committerPatrik Nyblom <[email protected]>2012-12-20 14:58:31 +0100
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Basic documentation of the 'ram' mode in the 'file' module
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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
index b2a259080d..89190d8668 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@
<name name="open" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Open a file</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Opens the file <c><anno>Filename</anno></c> in the mode determined
+ <p>Opens the file <c><anno>File</anno></c> in the mode determined
by <c><anno>Modes</anno></c>, which may contain one or more of the
following items:</p>
<taglist>
@@ -767,6 +767,10 @@
<p>The Encoding can be changed for a file "on the fly" by using the <seealso marker="stdlib:io#setopts/2">io:setopts/2</seealso> function, why a file can be analyzed in latin1 encoding for i.e. a BOM, positioned beyond the BOM and then be set for the right encoding before further reading.See the <seealso marker="stdlib:unicode">unicode(3)</seealso> module for functions identifying BOM's.</p>
<p>This option is not allowed on <c>raw</c> files.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>ram</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p><c>File</c> must be <c>iodata()</c>. Returns an <c>fd()</c> which lets the <c>file</c> module operate on the data in-memory as if it is a file.</p>
+ </item>
</taglist>
<p>Returns:</p>
<taglist>