add README.Y2K (from Dominic Dunlop <domo@vo.lu>)

[perl5.git] / doio.c

diff --git a/doio.c b/doio.c
index cc34733..0b1cdd1 100644 (file)
--- a/doio.c
+++ b/doio.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Perl_do_open9(pTHX_ GV *gv, register char *name, I32 len, int as_raw,
     }
 
     if (as_raw) {
-#if defined(O_LARGEFILE)
+#if defined(USE_64_BIT_OFFSETS) && defined(O_LARGEFILE)
        rawmode |= O_LARGEFILE;
 #endif
 
@@ -282,7 +282,19 @@ Perl_do_open9(pTHX_ GV *gv, register char *name, I32 len, int as_raw,
                            goto say_false;
                        }
                        if (IoIFP(thatio)) {
-                           fd = PerlIO_fileno(IoIFP(thatio));
+                           PerlIO *fp = IoIFP(thatio);
+                           /* Flush stdio buffer before dup. --mjd
+                            * Unfortunately SEEK_CURing 0 seems to
+                            * be optimized away on most platforms;
+                            * only Solaris and Linux seem to flush
+                            * on that. --jhi */
+                           PerlIO_seek(fp, 0, SEEK_CUR);
+                           /* On the other hand, do all platforms
+                            * take gracefully to flushing a read-only
+                            * filehandle?  Perhaps we should do
+                            * fsetpos(src)+fgetpos(dst)?  --nik */
+                           PerlIO_flush(fp);
+                           fd = PerlIO_fileno(fp);
                            if (IoTYPE(thatio) == 's')
                                IoTYPE(io) = 's';
                        }
@@ -873,7 +885,7 @@ Perl_do_sysseek(pTHX_ GV *gv, Off_t pos, int whence)
            Perl_warner(aTHX_ WARN_UNOPENED, "sysseek() on unopened file");
     }
     SETERRNO(EBADF,RMS$_IFI);
-    return -1L;
+    return (Off_t)-1;
 }
 
 int
@@ -1019,6 +1031,12 @@ Perl_do_print(pTHX_ register SV *sv, PerlIO *fp)
        tmps = SvPV(sv, len);
        break;
     }
+    /* To detect whether the process is about to overstep its
+     * filesize limit we would need getrlimit().  We could then
+     * also transparently raise the limit with setrlimit() --
+     * but only until the system hard limit/the filesystem limit,
+     * at which we would get EPERM.  Note that when using buffered
+     * io the write failure can be delayed until the flush/close. --jhi */
     if (len && (PerlIO_write(fp,tmps,len) == 0 || PerlIO_error(fp)))
        return FALSE;
     return !PerlIO_error(fp);
@@ -1678,7 +1696,7 @@ Perl_do_ipcctl(pTHX_ I32 optype, SV **mark, SV **sp)
     else
     {
        IV i = SvIV(astr);
-       a = (char *)i;          /* ouch */
+       a = INT2PTR(char *,i);          /* ouch */
     }
     SETERRNO(0,0);
     switch (optype)