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From: Piet van Oostrum
Date: Fri, 20 May 1988 12:44

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Is there a way to find out what kind of file is connected to a file handle,
e.g. disk file/keyboard/screen.
In some old Atari doc I found F_ioctl, but that doesn't seem to be
implemented. The problems come up when you run a program with stdin/stdout
redirected by a shell.

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Piet van Oostrum, Dept of Computer Science, University of Utrecht
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From: piet@ruuinf.UUCP (Piet van Oostrum)
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Subject: File handle info
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Date: 20 May 88 12:44:44 GMT
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