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From: ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: iostream behaviour
Keywords: iostream
Message-ID: <11000@alice.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jun 90 15:01:43 GMT
References: <629@atcmpe.atcmp.nl>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Liberty Corner NJ
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In article <629@atcmpe.atcmp.nl>, leo@atcmp.nl (Leo  Willems) writes:

> The new iostream library behaves rather strange:

> 	filebuf fb;
> 	fb.open("", in);

> will connect fb to the current directory!

Berkeley-based systems consider the null string to be a valid
name for the current directory.  System V considers the null string
to be an invalid pathname.
-- 
				--Andrew Koenig
				  ark@europa.att.com