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From: guy@sun.uucp (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: fgets() returns NULL at EOF??
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Date: Thu, 4-Sep-86 12:23:44 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep  4 12:23:44 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 5-Sep-86 03:19:52 EDT
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> Better yet, return the number of characters read (so 0 on failure).

Better still, return the number of characters read, but return EOF on
failure; 1) this is what "fputs" does and 2) this encourages you to
distinguish between EOF and error, something that several UNIX utilities, to
their everlasting shame, do not do.
-- 
	Guy Harris
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