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- From: Lawrence Kirby <fred@genesis.demon.co.uk>
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- Subject: Re: Binary Mode stdin/stdout
- Date: Sun, 18 Feb 96 18:59:40 GMT
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- References: <4f67kg$11g@cortex.dialin.rrze.uni-erlangen.de> <DME74w.4M4@stdc.demon.co.uk> <4fbnr3$veg@usenet.pa.dec.com> <4fcj5f$2ft@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>
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- In article <4fcj5f$2ft@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>
- nmm1@cus.cam.ac.uk "Nick Maclaren" writes:
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- >Sorry, but these wouldn't work even on UNIX. Not all 'files' can
- >be closed and reopened - think of rewinding tapes, for example!
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- But of course to change file mode between text and binary on Unix doesn't
- require the file to be closed and reopened. In fact it requires
- remarkably little effort! :-)
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- Lawrence Kirby | fred@genesis.demon.co.uk
- Wilts, England | 70734.126@compuserve.com
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