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Re: Create an istream from an fd?

From Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com>
Subject Re: Create an istream from an fd?
Date 2011-08-31 00:03 +0100
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Newsgroups comp.lang.c++
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On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:51:58 +1200, Ian Collins wrote:

> Descriptors are used where the 'file' isn't a regular file (or in the 
> case of popen, a pipe).  A FILE* isn't much use for a socket or a door 
> for instance.

I'm unfamiliar with "doors", but FILE* is perfectly useful for stream
(e.g. TCP) sockets. It's not useful for datagram (e.g. UDP) sockets, or if
you need to use send/sendto/sendmsg in place of write() (likewise for
reading).

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Create an istream from an fd? Noah Roberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-08-26 08:54 -0700
  Re: Create an istream from an fd? Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-08-26 17:05 +0100
  Re: Create an istream from an fd? Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid> - 2011-08-26 12:20 -0400
  Re: Create an istream from an fd? Vaclav Zeman <vzeman79@sh.cvut.cz> - 2011-08-26 18:34 +0200
  Re: Create an istream from an fd? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-27 08:48 +1200
  Re: Create an istream from an fd? "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach:usenet@gmail.com> - 2011-08-27 01:26 +0200
    Re: Create an istream from an fd? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-27 11:30 +1200
      Re: Create an istream from an fd? "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach:usenet@gmail.com> - 2011-08-27 02:46 +0200
        Re: Create an istream from an fd? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-28 10:52 +1200
          Re: Create an istream from an fd? James Kanze <james.kanze@gmail.com> - 2011-08-27 16:35 -0700
            Re: Create an istream from an fd? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-08-28 04:31 +0100
              Re: Create an istream from an fd? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-28 15:56 +1200
                Re: Create an istream from an fd? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-08-28 20:03 +0100
                Re: Create an istream from an fd? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-29 07:52 +1200
              Re: Create an istream from an fd? James Kanze <james.kanze@gmail.com> - 2011-08-29 03:54 -0700
                Re: Create an istream from an fd? Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-08-29 13:55 +0100
                Re: Create an istream from an fd? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-08-29 20:12 +0100
                Re: Create an istream from an fd? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-30 07:49 +1200
                Re: Create an istream from an fd? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-08-30 04:40 +0100
                Re: Create an istream from an fd? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-30 15:51 +1200
                Re: Create an istream from an fd? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-08-31 00:03 +0100
                Re: Create an istream from an fd? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-31 11:55 +1200
                Re: Create an istream from an fd? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-09-02 00:50 +0100
            Re: Create an istream from an fd? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-28 16:04 +1200
  Re: Create an istream from an fd? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-08-27 02:40 +0100

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