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Article #7912Re: open vs fopen?
From: Rajendra Singh
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 03:31
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 03:31
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gclind01@starbase.spd.louisville.edu (George C. Lindauer) wrote: >The only reason I know of is UNIX portability. Whenever I run across a >unix program that uses the old-style open instead of fopen I usually >end up rewriting it anyway though; I've had so many problems with >the unix-style stuff I just rather would deal with the ANSI style. That's incorrect. fopen() is used for buffered I/O! open() is not a UNIX specific function nor is it non-ANSI! --- Rajendra Singh, B. Sc. (Rajendra_Singh@msn.com) "What is understood need not be discussed." - Loren Adams
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