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> From: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 10:28:00 -0600 (CST)
> 
> Let's take a pathological case:
>  1) parent closes handles 1..4 (including stdout)
>  2) child opens a file, writes to it (it is assigned handle 1)
>  3) child prints to stdout() - it also goes to his file (uggh) and the
>     buffers are all messed up

That's _real_ pathological: no parent program in their right mind
should close stdout .

> So, when I do the stdout setup and notice that fileno(stdout) is not
> open - I'm saying I should change the file structure to cause failures
> instead of stomping on another file.

Maybe just put some impossible number, like -1 or something, instead
of the handles in those FILE objects which are supposed to be
preconnected.