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From:	Jason Curl <j DOT m DOT curl AT optusnet DOT com DOT au>
Subject:	Re: what's the difference between File Handle and File Descriptor?
Date:	Sun, 28 Nov 2004 22:01:33 +0100
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news.gosonic.com wrote:
> Thanks

One is high level (streams, file handles) the other is low level (file 
descriptors).

Have a look at the difference between fopen() and open().

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