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Date:	Fri, 05 Apr 2002 10:26:40 +0100
From:	Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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To:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: redirection problem with perl
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Hello.

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 18:24:04 +0100
> > From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
[snip]
> > Doesn't the SFT exist on Windows NT/2k/XP?
> 
> The SFT, in its DOS form, doesn't exist on any Windows system except
> 3.X, including Windows 9X series.  IIRC Windows 9X emulate the SFT to
> some extent; I expect the NT family to not do that.
> 
> > If not, then I guess it should
> > ignore this error and carry on (on those platforms).
> 
> Yes, it should return what it knows from __fd_properties.

If the SFT is not valid, then what flag should it return out of O_RDONLY,
O_WRONLY, O_RDWR - should it return one? If so, I think O_RDWR would make most
sense.

Thanks, bye, Rich =]

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Richard Dawe [ http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/ ]

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