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- From: david@ariane.uucp (David Lebel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: fopen() or Open()
- Message-ID: <david.02tq@ariane.uucp>
- Date: 8 Sep 92 23:42:49 GMT
- References: <1992Sep6.110217.29976@samba.oit.unc.edu> <1992Sep7.175332.343@ugle.unit.no>
- Organization: SilverBox Development Group
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- X-NewsSoftware: Amiga GRn 1.16c (6/22/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
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- In article <1992Sep7.175332.343@ugle.unit.no> torhr@Lise.Unit.NO (Tor H. Ringstad) writes:
-
- > > Please humor me. Why why should I use AmigaDOS Open() and Close()
- > > rather than C's fopen() and fclose()?
- >
- >Because Open() and Close() is as good as fopen() and fclose(), but they use the
- >internal library-functions of the Amiga OS directly (almost). You will both save
- >time and space by using them.
-
- Also note that since V37, you can do buffered calls to dos in the same way
- as fputc(), fprintf(), etc in ANSI C.
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