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Subject: Re:  fdopen() problem in stdio
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Date: Sun, 6-Nov-83 14:39:41 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov  6 14:39:41 1983
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From:      Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn@brl-vld>

There is no direct way to free a FILE pointer without closing the file
descriptor.  However, if you dup() (or fcntl()) the descriptor first,
then the "close" will amount to a no-op insofar as its effects on the
inode attached to the file descriptor are concerned.  You can fclose()
the stream, dup() the duplicate fd back to its original value, then
close out the duplicate file descriptor and proceed to fdopen() as
before.