X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:13:43 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: _set_fmode? Message-ID: <20090318151343.GB3581@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <49C04B2D DOT 2090703 AT cwilson DOT fastmail DOT fm> <20090318094323 DOT GA12824 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <49C0EC08 DOT 8020907 AT cwilson DOT fastmail DOT fm> <20090318144112 DOT GC16595 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090318144112.GC16595@calimero.vinschen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com 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. cgf -- 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/