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jja@wsl.ie (John J. Allen) writes:
: neuron@tellabs.com (Don Graft) writes:
: : [Many thanks to all responders re Simple GCC questions. Our mailer is
: : refusing outgoing mail so I can't thank you personally.]
: : 
: : When I do fopen(file, "r") on a file that is read-only, it returns NULL.
: : When I change the file to be read-write, the fopen succeeds. Am I missing
: : something or is this a bug?
: 
: I've noticed that gcc can't compile read-only files and this is a pain in
: the ass, as all my version controlled files are read-only.

 I'm using RCS for version control and have also encountered this problem. My
fix was to set my makefile up so that it checks the required file out, changes
it's attributes, compiles it and then deletes the source file. This system
maintains version integrity.

-- 
Tom J Parry.
Your reality is a figment of my imagination.