diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/file.tex b/docs/latex/wx/file.tex index 79260df675..172667c788 100644 --- a/docs/latex/wx/file.tex +++ b/docs/latex/wx/file.tex @@ -149,12 +149,18 @@ Returns the file descriptor associated with the file. \constfunc{bool}{Eof}{\void} -Returns TRUE if the end of the file has been reached (the last byte has been read). +Returns TRUE if the end of the file has been reached. -Note that the behaviour of the file pointer based class -\helpref{wxFFile}{wxffile} is different as \helpref{wxFFile::Eof}{wxffileeof} -will return TRUE here only if an attempt has been made to read -{\it past} the last byte of the file. +Note that the behaviour of the file pointer based class +\helpref{wxFFile}{wxffile} is different as \helpref{wxFFile::Eof}{wxffileeof} +will return TRUE here only if an attempt has been made to read +{\it past} the last byte of the file, while wxFile::Eof() will return TRUE +even before such attempt is made if the file pointer is at the last position +in the file. + +Note also that this function doesn't work on unseekable file descriptors +(examples include pipes, terminals and sockets under Unix) and an attempt to +use it will result in an error message in such case. \membersection{wxFile::Exists}\label{wxfileexists}