X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:28:32 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: _set_fmode? Message-ID: <20090318152832.GN9322@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <49C04B2D.2090703@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <20090318094323.GA12824@calimero.vinschen.de> <49C0EC08.8020907@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <20090318144112.GC16595@calimero.vinschen.de> <20090318151343.GB3581@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090318151343.GB3581@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-02-20) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Mar 18 11:13, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 03:41:12PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >On Mar 18 08:41, Charles Wilson wrote: > >> Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >> > On Mar 17 21:15, Charles Wilson wrote: > >> >> > >> >> +#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__) > >> > >> > The !defined(__CYGWIN__) is not necessary because gcc for Cygwin > >> > doesn't define _WIN32. > >> > >> gcc does not define it. But the w32api headers DO. > > > >Hmpf, right. > > > >> > extern int _fmode; > >> > _fmode = O_BINARY; > >> > >> I didn't know you could access it directly, outside of cygwin1.dll. > > > >Well, it's defined in the application itself. > > > >> > But anyway, using binmode.o is much more elegant, IMHO. I don't see > >> > what speaks against using it. > >> > >> Well, now that I see libbinmode.a, nothing. > > > >Don't use the libFOOmode.a files. They don't do what you want. > >Actually I think we should remove them better sooner than later. > > No, I've always meant to make these work as planned. It is possible but > I've never gotten around to it since I created them. Then we shouldn't install them until they work as advertised. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/