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> From: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:47:07 -0600 (CST)
> > 
> > Maybe just put some impossible number, like -1 or something, instead
> > of the handles in those FILE objects which are supposed to be
> > preconnected.
> 
> This was my first thought, then I wondered if ANSI or POSIX had anything
> to say about it - and if so what we wanted to do about it.

You mean that ANSI/Posix might require that stdin/stdout/stderr be
always valid and ready to use?

I don't know if they require this.  Can someone look?