Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 17:24:58 -0800 (PST)
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To: Peter Palotas <blizzar AT hem1 DOT passagen DOT se>,
        "A. Sinan Unur" <sinan DOT unur AT cornell DOT edu>
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: Simple beginner questions
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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At 07:37  12/4/1997 -0500, Peter Palotas wrote:
>>make a habit of setting fp to NULL after closing it. AFAIK, files do not
>>close themselves.
>
>I actually think that the libc exit code does this for you, although it is
>probably not defined in the ANSI standard that the files should be closed,
>but DJGPP does this, I think.
DJGPP quite definitely does it. I expect that it is part of the ANSI
standard, since automatically closing files is guaranteed as far back as K&R
I. Of course, it is best to close a file when you finish with it.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net