@section @code{open}
@findex open
-POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/open.html}
+POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/open.html}
Gnulib module: open, fchdir
This function does not fail when the file name argument ends in a slash
and (without the slash) names a nonexistent file or a file that is not a
directory, on some platforms:
-FreeBSD 7.2, HP-UX 11.00, Solaris 9, Irix 5.3.
+FreeBSD 7.2, AIX 7.1, HP-UX 11.00, Solaris 9, Irix 5.3.
+@item
+This function does not support the @code{O_NONBLOCK} flag when it is defined
+by the gnulib module @code{nonblocking} on some platforms:
+mingw.
@item
On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function does usually not
recognize the @file{/dev/null} filename.