Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 11:36:12 -0500
Message-Id: <199812091636.LAA06692@envy.delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
CC: HANRIGOU AT cgste DOT mq, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <Pine.SUN.3.91.981209123127.7705K-100000@is> (message from Eli
	Zaretskii on Wed, 9 Dec 1998 12:31:58 +0200 (IST))
Subject: Re: read/write in binary mode: fopen/open behaviour
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> DJ, does Posix say anything about O_BINARY in `open', or whether "rb"
> should imply the underlying handle is open in binary mode?

POSIX says that all files are effectively binary.  It does not allow
text files to differ from binary files, even though ANSI explicitly
allows it.  Thus, it has nothing to say about manipulating the
binary-ness of files.  ANSI doesn't have anything to say about the OS
layer underneath fopen().