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diff --git a/doc/assuan.texi b/doc/assuan.texi index 2531d8c..f22a7f9 100644 --- a/doc/assuan.texi +++ b/doc/assuan.texi @@ -1207,6 +1207,12 @@ If @var{line} contains @code{FD=@var{n}}, it returns @var{n} in just @code{FD} it returns a file descriptor at @var{rfd}; this file descriptor needs to have been sent by the client right before using @code{assuan_sendfd}. + +On W32 systems the returned file descriptor is a system handle and not a +libc low level I/O file descriptor. Thus applications need to use +@code{_open_osfhandle} before they can pass this descriptor to standard +functions like @code{fdopen} or @code{dup}. + @end deftypefun @deftypefun int assuan_get_input_fd (@w{assuan_context_t @var{ctx}}) @@ -1331,6 +1337,9 @@ writing. @var{fdarray} is an array of integers provided by the caller; On success the number of active descriptors are returned. These active descriptors are then stored in @var{fdarray}. On error @code{-1} is returned; the most likely reason for this is a too small @var{fdarray}. + +Note that on W32 systems the returned file descriptor is a system handle +and not a libc low level I/O file descriptor. @end deftypefun |