Re: Microsoft C, 5.1 bug???

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From: JT Anderson
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 1990 23:58

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The ;C_FILE_INFO "variable" that Microsoft C sticks into the environment
when you use spawn() or related library calls is used to keep track of
which file streams are open in text mode and which ones are in binary
mode.  Child C programs look at this string so that inherited files are
processed properly.

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From: jta@locus.com (JT Anderson)
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Subject: Re: Microsoft C, 5.1 bug???
Summary: What ;C_FILE_INFO does
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Date: 4 Jun 90 23:58:53 GMT
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