From: cgf AT cygnus DOT com (Christopher Faylor)
Subject: Re: Error in dup???
13 Nov 1998 20:50:13 -0800
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On Fri, Nov 13, 1998 at 08:10:54PM -0800, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>---Corinna Vinschen <corinna DOT vinschen AT cityweb DOT de> wrote:
><snip> 
>> 	...
>> 	close(0);
>> 	(void) dup(foo_fd);
>> 	...
>> 
>
>It appears that the coder is assuming that dup will use the first
>available file descriptor.  This may not be true in all cases.

No.  It should be true in all cases.  Dup should always choose
the lowest fd.

-chris