Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site ism780c.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim From: tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Printf sets errno to 25? Message-ID: <195@ism780c.UUCP> Date: Tue, 24-Dec-85 21:27:19 EST Article-I.D.: ism780c.195 Posted: Tue Dec 24 21:27:19 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 26-Dec-85 04:08:49 EST References: <119@cpsc6a.UUCP> <212@iclbra.UUCP> Reply-To: tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) Distribution: net Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Santa Monica, CA Lines: 7 > Could someone please explain to me why the printf() family of > functions cause errno to be set to 25 (not a typewritter) when output > is redirected to either a file or a pipe. I know that the problem comes Because a file or a pipe is not a typewriter? -- Tim Smith sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim || ima!ism780!tim || ihnp4!cithep!tim