Re: stdin and stdout

From	Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: stdin and stdout
Date	2015-07-20 11:19 -0700
Organization	None to speak of
Message-ID	<lnsi8ig09w.fsf@kst-u.example.com> (permalink)
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Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> Are there any ways to get these two values, other than making use of the 
> built-in variables (or macros or whatever they are) 'stdin' and 'stdout'?
>
> I want, for example, to use the C file functions in a dynamic library 
> such as MSVCRT.DLL. That library might not be the same one linked in to 
> the executable, so the stdin/out values available within the executable 
> might not be compatible.
>
> Looking at a few implementations, stdin/stdout are defined as elements 
> of a FILE array called "iob" but the exact name seems to be vary.
>
> I thought there might be a function that returned the values or a 
> pointer to them.

There's no standard function that does this -- nor is there anything
stopping you from writing such a function yourself.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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Thread

stdin and stdout Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-20 14:37 +0100
  Re: stdin and stdout Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-07-20 14:58 +0100
    Re: stdin and stdout Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-20 15:31 +0100
      Re: stdin and stdout Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-07-20 16:29 +0100
        Re: stdin and stdout Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-20 17:03 +0100
      Re: stdin and stdout Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2015-07-20 12:09 -0400
      Re: stdin and stdout Lőrinczy Zsigmond <zsiga@nospam.for.me> - 2015-07-21 10:02 +0200
  Re: stdin and stdout Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-20 11:19 -0700
    Re: stdin and stdout Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-20 19:38 +0100
      Re: stdin and stdout Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-20 12:56 -0700
        Re: stdin and stdout Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-20 23:06 +0100
          Re: stdin and stdout glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-20 23:18 +0000
            Re: stdin and stdout BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2015-07-21 14:12 -0500
          Re: stdin and stdout gordonb.9oj0u@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2015-07-21 19:14 -0500
            Re: stdin and stdout Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-22 11:11 +0100
              Re: stdin and stdout gordonb.3xos3@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2015-07-22 20:05 -0500
                Re: stdin and stdout Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-23 09:27 +0100
          Re: stdin and stdout Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-07-21 21:44 -0400
            Re: stdin and stdout glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-22 04:10 +0000
      Re: stdin and stdout BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2015-07-21 12:55 -0500
        Re: stdin and stdout Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-21 20:49 +0100
          Re: stdin and stdout BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2015-07-22 00:05 -0500
            Re: stdin and stdout "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-22 02:48 -0700
              Re: stdin and stdout "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-22 02:57 -0700
                Re: stdin and stdout gordonb.bjmxp@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2015-07-22 20:27 -0500
              Re: stdin and stdout BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2015-07-22 13:19 -0500
                Re: stdin and stdout Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-22 18:09 -0500

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