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From: elwiz@killer.UUCP (Chert Pellett)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Writing to A NON-Existing File in "C"
Message-ID: <3922@killer.UUCP>
Date: 25 Apr 88 05:00:24 GMT
References: <9654@jplgodo.UUCP> <14020030@hpisod2.HP.COM> <887@cresswell.quintus.UUCP> <50280@sun.uucp>
Reply-To: elwiz@killer.UUCP (Chert Pellett)
Organization: The Unix(R) Connection BBS, Dallas, Tx
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How about just try:

int fd;

fd = open (FILENAME, O_APPEND| O_RDWR);	 /* Will fail if file not there */

if (fd < 0)
	fd = open ("/dev/null", O_RDWR); /* Discard output, as per original 
                                           article */

if you want to use stdio, use the fdopen (fd, "w+") to get your
FILE * type...



	-- Chert Pellett

(why would anyone use stat/access then have to do an open call?)