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From: eesrajm@cc.brunel.ac.uk (Andrew J Michael)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: fopen() access modes
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Date: 16 Mar 91 17:26:53 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
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Would one of the POSIX police please let me know what the current state of
thinking is with regard to the access mods for fopen() ?

I am particularly interested in the use of the 'b' flag.  This is obviously
meaningless to MINIX/UNIX, but what should be done with it ?  Should it
be silently ignored, or flagged as an error ?

Andy Michael


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