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diff --git a/winsup/doc/textbinary.sgml b/winsup/doc/textbinary.sgml index 7f4aae5fb..6e6e83025 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/textbinary.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/textbinary.sgml @@ -142,38 +142,46 @@ in your project, like this:</para> $ gcc my_tiny_app.c /lib/binmode.o -o my_tiny_app </screen> +<para>Starting with Cygwin 1.7.7, you can use the even simpler:</para> + +<screen> + $ gcc my_tiny_app.c -lbinmode -o my_tiny_app +</screen> + <para>This adds code which sets the default open mode for all files opened by <command>my_tiny_app</command> to binary for reading and writing.</para> -<para>Cygwin provides the following object files to set the default open mode -just by linking an application against them:</para> +<para>Cygwin provides the following libraries and object files to set the +default open mode just by linking an application against them:</para> <itemizedlist mark="bullet"> <listitem> <screen> -/lib/automode.o - Open files for reading in textmode - Open files for writing in binary mode +/lib/libautomode.a - Open files for reading in textmode, +/lib/automode.o open files for writing in binary mode </screen> </listitem> <listitem> <screen> -/lib/binmode.o - Open files for reading and writing in binary mode +/lib/libbinmode.a - Open files for reading and writing in binary mode +/lib/binmode.o </screen> </listitem> <listitem> <screen> -/lib/textmode.o - Open files for reading and writing in textmode +/lib/libtextmode.a - Open files for reading and writing in textmode +/lib/textmode.o </screen> </listitem> <listitem> <screen> -/lib/textreadmode.o - Open files for reading in textmode - Keep default behaviour for writing. +/lib/libtextreadmode.a - Open files for reading in textmode, +/lib/textreadmode.o keep default behaviour for writing. </screen> </listitem> |