Date:	Mon, 18 Sep 2000 16:52:35 -0400
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From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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	Str|mberg on Mon, 18 Sep 2000 22:19:36 +0200 (MET DST))
Subject:	Re: O_APPEND
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> Well how can I expect to preserve the O_APPEND flag here if I don't do
> it as above? Or is my idea to make __file_handle_modes an array of
> unsigned short instead of char completely wrong?

"oldmode & ~(text|binary)" returns all the flags *except* text and
binary.  It will preserve the O_APPEND flag.

You shouldn't use setmode() to set the O_APPEND flag.  Use
__file_handle_set() directly.  You'll probably have to change both
open/creat and _open/_creat.

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