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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 18:12:55 +0100 (MET)
From: Jean Delvare <delvare AT ensicaen DOT ismra DOT fr>
To: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
Cc: lhall AT rfk DOT com, cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Subject: Re: file descriptors opened as text files
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Whaou, DJ Delorie writing to me :)

> The best way to make this portable is to do this:
> 
> #include <fcntl.h>
> #ifndef O_BINARY
> #define O_BINARY 0
> #endif

Of course it is. And of course it is what I did :)
I'm not complaining for myself anymore, now I know how to handle the
problem. But I thing there is something terribly weird there, and I
believe it will cause unrequired problem to many developpers. Am I really
the first one to complain about this here ?

Arguments follow.

Thanks anyway :)


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