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Diffstat (limited to 'src/libstd/sys/unix/ext/mod.rs')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/unix/ext/mod.rs b/src/libstd/sys/unix/ext/mod.rs index 98bc90dd4e1..c221f7c8cfe 100644 --- a/src/libstd/sys/unix/ext/mod.rs +++ b/src/libstd/sys/unix/ext/mod.rs @@ -10,8 +10,14 @@ //! Experimental extensions to `std` for Unix platforms. //! -//! For now, this module is limited to extracting file descriptors, -//! but its functionality will grow over time. +//! Provides access to platform-level information on Unix platforms, and +//! exposes Unix-specific functions that would otherwise be inappropriate as +//! part of the core `std` library. +//! +//! It exposes more ways to deal with platform-specific strings (`OsStr`, +//! `OsString`), allows to set permissions more granularly, extract low-level +//! file descriptors from files and sockets, and has platform-specific helpers +//! for spawning processes. //! //! # Examples //! |