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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml index 593bee74fe..2ab35b9b05 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ <p>Regarding filename encoding, the Erlang VM can operate in two modes. The current mode can be queried using function - <seealso marker="#native_name_encoding"><c>native_name_encoding/0</c></seealso>. + <seealso marker="#native_name_encoding/0"><c>native_name_encoding/0</c></seealso>. It returns <c>latin1</c> or <c>utf8</c>.</p> <p>In <c>latin1</c> mode, the Erlang VM does not change the @@ -84,8 +84,9 @@ <note><p> File operations used to accept filenames containing null characters (integer value zero). This caused - the name to be truncated at the first null character. - Filenames containing null characters inside the filename + the name to be truncated and in some cases arguments + to primitive operations to be mixed up. Filenames + containing null characters inside the filename are now <em>rejected</em> and will cause primitive file operations fail. </p></note> @@ -1855,7 +1856,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}. <p>The functions in the module <c>file</c> usually treat binaries as raw filenames, that is, they are passed "as is" even when the encoding of the binary does not agree with - <seealso marker="#native_name_encoding"><c>native_name_encoding()</c></seealso>. + <seealso marker="#native_name_encoding/0"><c>native_name_encoding()</c></seealso>. However, this function expects binaries to be encoded according to the value returned by <c>native_name_encoding()</c>.</p> <p>Typical error reasons are:</p> |