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> Steven, don't be misled.  POSIX is not the model to look to -- it does
> not acknowledge that files are actual objects that reside on a piece
> of hardware.  It is not simply an integer.

Please disregard this (my own) flame bait.
-- 
MarkJ
Tacoma, Washington