open vs fopen?

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From: Nathan T. Wild
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 1996 04:01

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In C, why would one use open and DOS int handles rather than fopen and
stdio file handles?

Is there some speed advantage or differnet functionality?

     

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Subject: open vs fopen?
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 1996 23:01:50 -0500
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