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From: pipkinsj@cpqhou.uucp (Jeff Pipkins @Adv Dev@SE hou )
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Command line length (was: Can std-io be a *binary* file?)
Message-ID: <1990Nov09.002438.20737@cpqhou.uucp>
Date: 9 Nov 90 00:24:38 GMT
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Reply-To: uunet!cpqhou!pipkinsj (Jeff Pipkins @Adv Dev@SE hou )
Organization: Compaq Computer Corporation
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If you want stdin to be a binary file, use this in your program:

	setmode(fileno(stdin), O_BINARY);
Same goes for stdout.

-- 
Jeff D. Pipkins (uunet!cpqhou!pipkinsj)

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