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Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 13:09:08 -0600
From: JT Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: write, _write, fwrite
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What are the considerations for choosing between the write, _write, and
fwrite procedures? (And the corresponding read, _read, and fread.)  From
the libc docs I see some differences in the prototypes, but otherwise the
choice seems mainly related to portability.  Is this correct?

TIA/jtw