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In article <4f8bev$6tr@hermes.louisville.edu>,
George C. Lindauer <gclind01@starbase.spd.louisville.edu> wrote:
 >natewild@mbnet.mb.ca (Nathan T. Wild) writes:
 >
 >>In C, why would one use open and DOS int handles rather than fopen and
 >>stdio file handles?
 >
 >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

There is nothing "old-style" about open(). It is a system call whereas fopen is
a standard C library function. The open() function is typically a  stub which
calls the operating system's open function directly. The fopen() library
routine uses open(), and stores the returned file descriptor inside the FILE
structure.

 >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.

The "ANSI style" still calls the "unix-style" stuff, except everything is
bounced through extra buffers. The standard library functions are for
programmer convenience; that's why UNIX evolved them. But it's not a case of
one replacing the other.
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