Date:	Mon, 28 Feb 2000 08:41:26 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Ken Yap <ken_yap AT my-deja DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: why isn't the FSEXT hook implemented for dup in 2.03?
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On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, Ken Yap wrote:

> >> ftprchan = fdopen(fd, "rb");
> >> ftpwchan = fdopen(dup(fd), "wb");
> >
> >I don't understand why the normal dup won't do in this case.  You
> >*can* call dup and dup2 on the handle returned by the FSEXT, because
> >it's a valid DOS handle.  And since you hooked _open, the new handle
> >gets hooked inside that handler, right?  So where is the problem?
> 
> The problem is the WATT-32 dup needs to be called to do the right thing
> for a socket dup

What is ``the right thing for a socket dup''?

I'm asking because I think most (if not all) of what needs to be done
is already done by the existing functionality if you simply call dup.

> >I'm sure your patches to add this would be greatly appreciated ;-).
> 
> If I can figure out what's going on.

Assuming you took a glance at the FSEXT implementation in the library
sources, feel free to ask questions here if you find something
unclear.

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