Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 11:30:13 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh AT usa DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Clarification of some errno values.
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On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Paul Derbyshire wrote:

> Thanks much -- perhaps the info files should be updated to be more
> detailled about it. Say by pasting exactly your descriptions and comments
> below into the errno info node.

It cannot be simply pasted into the docs, since the source of the 
documentation is written in Texinfo: certain keywords and manifest 
constant names need to have special markup.  Volunteers are welcome to 
join the effort of making DJGPP docs better.

> >flock() and/or lockf()
> 
> I can't find an info file on these functions...

See `lock' and `_dos_lock'.  `flock' and `lockf' are Unix functions with 
similar functionality, but DJGPP doesn't have them.

> >>    EXDEV      'Improper link'            -- ???
> >
> >Like renaming a file to a directory on another drive.
> 
> ???
> IOW trying to move the file across drives with the rename?

Yes.

> >Most are ANSI or POSIX.  The DJGPP header files tell you which are
> >which, but you can use #ifdef to test for each anyway.
> 
> errno.h I presume?

Yes.