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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml | 40 |
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml index b2a259080d..e30ade1bd2 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ <desc> <p>As returned by <seealso marker="#open/2">file:open/2</seealso>, - a process handling IO protocols.</p> + a process handling I/O-protocols.</p> </desc> </datatype> <datatype> @@ -170,6 +170,18 @@ </desc> </func> <func> + <name name="allocate" arity="3"/> + <fsummary>Allocate file space</fsummary> + <desc> + <p><c>allocate/3</c> can be used to preallocate space for a file.</p> + <p>This function only succeeds in platforms that implement this + feature. When it succeeds, space is preallocated for the file but + the file size might not be updated. This behaviour depends on the + preallocation implementation. To guarantee the file size is updated + one must truncate the file to the new size.</p> + </desc> + </func> + <func> <name name="change_group" arity="2"/> <fsummary>Change group of a file</fsummary> <desc> @@ -261,6 +273,9 @@ {person, "pelle", 30}.</code> <pre>1> <input>file:consult("f.txt").</input> {ok,[{person,"kalle",25},{person,"pelle",30}]}</pre> + <p>The encoding of of <c><anno>Filename</anno></c> can be set + by a comment as described in <seealso + marker="stdlib:epp#encoding">epp(3)</seealso>.</p> </desc> </func> <func> @@ -399,6 +414,9 @@ of the error.</p> </item> </taglist> + <p>The encoding of of <c><anno>Filename</anno></c> can be set + by a comment as described in <seealso + marker="stdlib:epp#encoding">epp(3)</seealso>.</p> </desc> </func> <func> @@ -610,7 +628,7 @@ <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 +785,10 @@ <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> @@ -861,6 +883,9 @@ the error.</p> </item> </taglist> + <p>The encoding of of <c><anno>Filename</anno></c> can be set + by a comment as described in <seealso + marker="stdlib:epp#encoding">epp(3)</seealso>.</p> </desc> </func> <func> @@ -902,6 +927,9 @@ of the error.</p> </item> </taglist> + <p>The encoding of of <c><anno>Filename</anno></c> can be set + by a comment as described in <seealso + marker="stdlib:epp#encoding">epp(3)</seealso>.</p> </desc> </func> <func> @@ -971,7 +999,10 @@ of the error.</p> </item> </taglist> - </desc> + <p>The encoding of of <c><anno>Filename</anno></c> can be set + by a comment as described in <seealso + marker="stdlib:epp#encoding">epp(3)</seealso>.</p> + </desc> </func> <func> <name name="path_script" arity="3"/> @@ -1502,6 +1533,9 @@ of the error.</p> </item> </taglist> + <p>The encoding of of <c><anno>Filename</anno></c> can be set + by a comment as described in <seealso + marker="stdlib:epp#encoding">epp(3)</seealso>.</p> </desc> </func> <func> |