Re: Binary Mode stdin/stdout

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From: Thomas Koenig
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1996 14:02

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In comp.std.c, baynes@ukpsshp1.serigate.philips.nl (Stephen Baynes) wrote:

>You make an assumption that the operating system provides you with a means
>of directing binary data into stdin or recieving it from stdout in the first
>place.

The same kind of assumption is being made with system().  A function
to switch stdin or stdout to binary could return failure if necessary.
-- 
Thomas Koenig, Thomas.Koenig@ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de, ig25@dkauni2.bitnet.
The joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a double
logarithmic diagram.

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Subject: Re: Binary Mode stdin/stdout
Date: 9 Feb 1996 15:02:39 +0100
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