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- From: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry)
- Subject: Re: GCC won't open ReadOnly files (was Re: GCC FAT21 fopen() bug? ; also ls bug?)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul26.102233.15031@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
- Sender: news@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Usenet system)
- Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
- References: <1992Jul20.091236.23003@wsl.ie>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 10:22:33 GMT
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- jja@wsl.ie (John J. Allen) writes:
- : neuron@tellabs.com (Don Graft) writes:
- : : [Many thanks to all responders re Simple GCC questions. Our mailer is
- : : refusing outgoing mail so I can't thank you personally.]
- : :
- : : When I do fopen(file, "r") on a file that is read-only, it returns NULL.
- : : When I change the file to be read-write, the fopen succeeds. Am I missing
- : : something or is this a bug?
- :
- : I've noticed that gcc can't compile read-only files and this is a pain in
- : the ass, as all my version controlled files are read-only.
-
- I'm using RCS for version control and have also encountered this problem. My
- fix was to set my makefile up so that it checks the required file out, changes
- it's attributes, compiles it and then deletes the source file. This system
- maintains version integrity.
-
- --
- Tom J Parry.
- Your reality is a figment of my imagination.
-