fcntl

Name

fcntl -- file control

Description

fcntl is as specified in ISO POSIX (2003), but with differences as listed below.

Implementation may set O_LARGEFILE

According to the Single UNIX Specification, only an application sets fcntl flags, for example O_LARGEFILE. However, this specification also allows an implementation to set O_LARGEFILE in the case where the system default behavior matches the O_LARGEFILE behavior, for example if sizeof(off_t) is 8. Thus, calling fcntl with the F_GETFL command may return O_LARGEFILE as well as flags explicitly set by the application.