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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/stdlib/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml | 30 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml | 8 |
3 files changed, 59 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml index 80c4acffdb..c531b10d50 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml @@ -45,6 +45,30 @@ <p>For more information about raw filenames, see the <seealso marker="kernel:file"><c>file</c></seealso> module.</p> + + <note> + <p> + Functionality in this module generally assumes valid input and + does not necessarily fail on input that does not use a valid + encoding, but may instead very likely produce invalid output. + </p> + <p> + File operations used to accept filenames containing + null characters (integer value zero). This caused + 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 to fail. + </p> + </note> + <warning><p> + Currently null characters at the end of the filename + will be accepted by primitive file operations. Such + filenames are however still documented as invalid. The + implementation will also change in the future and + reject such filenames. + </p></warning> </description> <datatypes> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml index 14fd5ef787..d2608ad542 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml @@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ filename by removing redundant directory separators, use <seealso marker="#join/1"><c>join/1</c></seealso>.</p> - <p>The module supports raw filenames in the way that if a binary is + <p> + The module supports + <seealso marker="unicode_usage#notes-about-raw-filenames">raw + filenames</seealso> in the way that if a binary is present, or the filename cannot be interpreted according to the return value of <seealso marker="kernel:file#native_name_encoding/0"> <c>file:native_name_encoding/0</c></seealso>, a raw filename is also @@ -56,6 +59,30 @@ (the join operation is performed of course). For more information about raw filenames, see the <seealso marker="kernel:file"><c>file</c></seealso> module.</p> + + <note> + <p> + Functionality in this module generally assumes valid input and + does not necessarily fail on input that does not use a valid + encoding, but may instead very likely produce invalid output. + </p> + <p> + File operations used to accept filenames containing + null characters (integer value zero). This caused + 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 to fail. + </p> + </note> + <warning><p> + Currently null characters at the end of the filename + will be accepted by primitive file operations. Such + filenames are however still documented as invalid. The + implementation will also change in the future and + reject such filenames. + </p></warning> </description> <datatypes> <datatype> @@ -555,6 +582,7 @@ unsafe</pre> ["a:/","msdev","include"]</pre> </desc> </func> + </funcs> </erlref> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml index 26dc46719e..789e063c12 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml @@ -719,8 +719,8 @@ Eshell V5.10.1 (abort with ^G) </section> <section> - <title>Unicode Filenames</title> <marker id="unicode_file_names"/> + <title>Unicode Filenames</title> <p>Most modern operating systems support Unicode filenames in some way. There are many different ways to do this and Erlang by default treats the different approaches differently:</p> @@ -855,8 +855,12 @@ Eshell V5.10.1 (abort with ^G) </note> <section> - <title>Notes About Raw Filenames</title> <marker id="notes-about-raw-filenames"/> + <title>Notes About Raw Filenames</title> + <note><p> + Note that raw filenames <em>not</em> necessarily are encoded the + same way as on the OS level. + </p></note> <p>Raw filenames were introduced together with Unicode filename support in ERTS 5.8.2 (Erlang/OTP R14B01). The reason "raw filenames" were introduced in the system was |