Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 12:17:44 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Michael Bukin <bukinm AT inp DOT nsk DOT su>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Desperately need help with "fopen"
In-Reply-To: <5ikdkv$lad@sky.inp.nsk.su>
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On 11 Apr 1997, Michael Bukin wrote:

> >On 10 Apr 1997, Michael Bukin wrote:
> >
> >>   filename = (_argc > 1) ? _argv[1] : "test.txt";
> >>   if (_dos_open (filename, O_RDONLY | SH_DENYNO, &handle))
> >
> >Could you please see if the same works with `_open' instead of 
> >`_dos_open' if you use the same sharing flags?
> 
> It works with both open and _open.

Based on what was said in this thread and on what I know about file
sharing on Windows 95, it seems to me that `fopen' and `open' should
first try to open the file in compatibility mode, and if that fails,
try once aagain with SH_DENYNO bit set.  This should work in most
cases.  Am I right?  Could you please test this and post the necessary
patches to `fopen' and `open'?  Thanks.