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From: arnold@mathcs.emory.edu (Arnold D. Robbins {EUCC})
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Perl on Microport 286: can't find library routines
Message-ID: <4344@emory.mathcs.emory.edu>
Date: 11 Sep 89 22:14:37 GMT
References: <2869@splut.conmicro.com> <9257@attctc.Dallas.TX.US> <1989Sep7.222720.3381@NCoast.ORG> <2432@auspex.auspex.com>
Reply-To: arnold@emory.UUCP (Arnold D. Robbins {EUCC})
Organization: Math and Computer Science, Emory University, Atlanta GA
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What do you know? Break out the champagne, I caught Guy in a mistake! :-)

In article <2432@auspex.auspex.com> guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) writes:
>	/*
>	 * Check whether "fildes" is equal to "fildes2":
>	 * "If 'fildes' is a valid file descriptor and is equal
>	 * to 'fildes2', the 'dup2()' function shall return
>	 * 'fildes2' without closing it."
>	 */
>	if (fildes == fildes2)
>		return 0;

That should really be

	if (filedes == filedes2)
		return filedes2;

I guess this shows it pays to read the comments occasionally too. :-)

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