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Article #1244Operations on Files
From: ROBERT LAUMEYER
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 16:52
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 16:52
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The ANSI C standard seems to have a rather odd mix of file operations. Why didn't they add (over K&R) some other useful file operations such as fileexist, getfirst, getnext, etc? It seems that these could not be much more dependent on the underlying file system than rename or remove.
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Newsgroups: comp.std.c Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!The-Star.honeywell.com!umn.edu!kksys.com!edgar!brainiac!lmt!robl2.lmt.com!robertl From: robertl@county.lmt.mn.org (ROBERT LAUMEYER) Subject: Operations on Files Message-ID: <robertl.4.715452734@county.lmt.mn.org> Keywords: ANSI C, files Sender: usenet@lmt.mn.org Nntp-Posting-Host: robl2.lmt.com Organization: LaserMaster R&D, Minneapolis, MN USA Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 16:52:14 GMT Lines: 6