summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/doc/ref/api-io.texi
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/ref/api-io.texi')
-rw-r--r--doc/ref/api-io.texi6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ref/api-io.texi b/doc/ref/api-io.texi
index 1540422b8..d5ba25b43 100644
--- a/doc/ref/api-io.texi
+++ b/doc/ref/api-io.texi
@@ -727,10 +727,12 @@ systems, but has no effect on Unix-like systems.
call, when that flag is available.)
@end table
+If a file cannot be opened with the access
+requested, @code{open-file} throws an exception.
+
In theory we could create read/write ports which were buffered
in one direction only. However this isn't included in the
-current interfaces. If a file cannot be opened with the access
-requested, @code{open-file} throws an exception.
+current interfaces.
@end deffn
@rnindex open-input-file