From: Richard Levitte Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 19:20:17 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Restore the descriptions to conform with the rest of the X-Git-Tag: OpenSSL-engine-0_9_6-beta2~2^2~1 X-Git-Url: https://git.librecmc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e17b7128943f01299481c4f4f091e93017f87598;p=oweals%2Fopenssl.git Restore the descriptions to conform with the rest of the documentation. We'll work on better documents after the release of 0.9.6. --- diff --git a/doc/crypto/BIO_s_fd.pod b/doc/crypto/BIO_s_fd.pod index 61789fd2c1..b1de1d1015 100644 --- a/doc/crypto/BIO_s_fd.pod +++ b/doc/crypto/BIO_s_fd.pod @@ -20,6 +20,20 @@ BIO_s_fd, BIO_set_fd, BIO_get_fd, BIO_new_fd - file descriptor BIO BIO_s_fd() returns the file descriptor BIO method. This is a wrapper round the platforms file descriptor routines such as read() and write(). +BIO_read() and BIO_write() read or write the underlying descriptor. +BIO_puts() is supported but BIO_gets() is not. + +If the close flag is set then then close() is called on the underlying +file descriptor when the BIO is freed. + +BIO_reset() attempts to change the file pointer to the start of file +using lseek(fd, 0, 0). + +BIO_seek() sets the file pointer to position B from start of file +using lseek(fd, ofs, 0). + +BIO_tell() returns the current file position by calling lseek(fd, 0, 1). + BIO_set_fd() sets the file descriptor of BIO B to B and the close flag to B. @@ -31,15 +45,6 @@ BIO_new_fd() returns a file descriptor BIO using B and B. =head1 NOTES -If the close flag is set then then close() is called on the underlying -file descriptor when the BIO is freed. - -BIO_reset() attempts to change the file pointer to the start of file -using lseek(fd, 0, 0). - -BIO_read() and BIO_write() read or write the underlying descriptor. -BIO_puts() is supported but BIO_gets() is not. - The behaviour of BIO_read() and BIO_write() depends on the behavior of the platforms read() and write() calls on the descriptor. If the underlying file descriptor is in a non blocking mode then the BIO will behave in the @@ -53,6 +58,11 @@ instead. BIO_s_fd() returns the file descriptor BIO method. +BIO_reset() returns zero for success and -1 if an error occurred. +BIO_seek() and BIO_tell() return the current file position or -1 +is an error occurred. These values reflect the underlying lseek() +behaviour. + BIO_set_fd() always returns 1. BIO_get_fd() returns the file descriptor or -1 if the BIO has not diff --git a/doc/crypto/BIO_s_file.pod b/doc/crypto/BIO_s_file.pod index 166734b0bc..d449702bff 100644 --- a/doc/crypto/BIO_s_file.pod +++ b/doc/crypto/BIO_s_file.pod @@ -28,6 +28,23 @@ BIO_s_file() returns the BIO file method. As its name implies it is a wrapper round the stdio FILE structure and it is a source/sink BIO. +Calls to BIO_read() and BIO_write() read and write data to the +underlying stream. BIO_gets() and BIO_puts() are supported on file BIOs. + +BIO_flush() on a file BIO calls the fflush() function on the wrapped +stream. + +BIO_reset() attempts to change the file pointer to the start of file +using fseek(stream, 0, 0). + +BIO_seek() sets the file pointer to position B from start of file +using lseek(stream, ofs, 0). + +BIO_eof() calls feof(). + +Setting the BIO_CLOSE flag calls fclose() on the stream when the BIO +is freed. + BIO_new_file() creates a new file BIO with mode B the meaning of B is the same as the stdio function fopen(). The BIO_CLOSE flag is set on the returned BIO. @@ -42,26 +59,17 @@ meaning as in BIO_new_fp(), it is a macro. BIO_get_fp() retrieves the fp of a file BIO, it is a macro. +BIO_seek() is a macro that sets the position pointer to B bytes +from the start of file. + +BIO_tell() returns the value of the position pointer. + BIO_read_filename(), BIO_write_filename(), BIO_append_filename() and BIO_rw_filename() set the file BIO B to use file B for reading, writing, append or read write respectively. =head1 NOTES -Calls to BIO_read() and BIO_write() read and write data to the -underlying stream. BIO_gets() and BIO_puts() are supported on file BIOs. - -BIO_flush() on a file BIO calls the fflush() function on the wrapped -stream. - -BIO_reset() on a file BIO calls fseek() to reset the position indicator -to the start of the file. - -BIO_eof() calls feof(). - -Setting the BIO_CLOSE flag calls fclose() on the stream when the BIO -is freed. - When wrapping stdout, stdin or stderr the underlying stream should not normally be closed so the BIO_NOCLOSE flag should be set. @@ -111,6 +119,11 @@ occurred. BIO_set_fp() and BIO_get_fp() return 1 for success or 0 for failure (although the current implementation never return 0). +BIO_seek() returns the same value as the underlying fseek() function: +0 for success or -1 for failure. + +BIO_tell() returns the current file position. + BIO_read_filename(), BIO_write_filename(), BIO_append_filename() and BIO_rw_filename() return 1 for success or 0 for failure.