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| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: do repeating fopen make an error? |
| Date | 2017-12-08 08:05 -0800 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
| Message-ID | <lnbmj9tdbw.fsf@kst-u.example.com> (permalink) |
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Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> writes:
> On 12/8/17 7:18 AM, Chad wrote:
[...]
>> And what happens if I use fopen() on an OS that has no notion of a
>> file descriptor? For example, I know of legacy OS's that have no
>> notion of a file descriptor. Because in the K & R book, they make a
>> distinction.
>
> The OS doesn't need to have file descriptors. The C Standard says that
> fopen returns a file descriptor, if the OS has a compatible function to
> call that returns one, the implementation can just forward to that. If
> the OS doesn't, then the implementation can provide the file descriptors
> (often in an array, with the 'file descriptor' returned being the index
> into that array).
The C standard says exactly nothing about file descriptors. fopen()
returns a FILE* pointer; the contents of type FILE are unspecified.
(The term "file descriptor" usually refers to a small integer value
returned by the POSIX open() function.)
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
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do repeating fopen make an error? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-12-06 15:37 -0800
Re: do repeating fopen make an error? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-12-06 16:21 -0800
Re: do repeating fopen make an error? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2017-12-07 22:37 +0800
Re: do repeating fopen make an error? Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2017-12-08 01:18 -0800
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