Re: open vs fopen?

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From: Dan Pop
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 22:29

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In <4gg5nk$he1@salyko.cube.net> medardus@cube.net (Andreas Karnetzki) writes:

>The main difference between stdio calls and the "low-level" routines
>(not only under DOS but for Unix too) is the absence of buffering in
>the low-level functions.

Are you sure?  Unix does a lot of "raw" I/O buffering (hence the sync()
and fsync() system calls) and I'm just wondering what could be the use
of the BUFFERS parameter of MSDOS (I have a feeling that it isn't
related to the C stdio library)?  How about a certain SMARTDRV.EXE or
the various disk "doublers"?

Dan
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Subject: Re: open vs fopen?
Date: 22 Feb 96 22:29:30 GMT
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