From: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
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Subject: Re: Fseek on STDIN problem on Win 2K
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 16:15:44 -0500 (CDT)
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> If the device is not returned correctly, fstat will lie about st_dev,
> and we could have different files that will look identical.

But right now this is only for files on A: and/or redirected handles,
which is pretty rare that we fstat() and compare on those strange
combinations.  Not impossible, but much less a problem than seek
not working.