From bd3f4f05bb6dafdedbae5671ee50c769a3560021 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andre Nathan <andre@digirati.com.br>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 17:45:04 -0300
Subject: file: allow open/2 to work on directories

This is useful mainly to ensure that a new file has been persisted
to disk by calling file:sync/1 or file:datasync/1 on file's parent
directory.
---
 lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'lib/kernel/doc/src')

diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
index fc25e83d40..b3e8149cc2 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
@@ -939,6 +939,10 @@ f.txt:  {person, "kalle", 25}.
             support for POSIX <c>O_SYNC</c> or equivalent, use of the <c>sync</c>
 	    flag causes <c>open</c> to return <c>{error, enotsup}</c>.</p>
           </item>
+          <tag><c>directory</c></tag>
+          <item>
+            <p>Allows <c>open</c> to work on directories.</p>
+          </item>
         </taglist>
         <p>Returns:</p>
         <taglist>
@@ -985,8 +989,10 @@ f.txt:  {person, "kalle", 25}.
           </item>
           <tag><c>enotdir</c></tag>
           <item>
-            <p>A component of the filename is not a directory. On some
-              platforms, <c>enoent</c> is returned instead.</p>
+            <p>A component of the filename is not a directory, or the
+              filename itself is not a directory if <c>directory</c>
+              mode was specified. On some platforms, <c>enoent</c> is
+              returned instead.</p>
           </item>
           <tag><c>enospc</c></tag>
           <item>
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