Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Feb 2000 10:33:36 -0500 | From | Brian Gerst <> | Subject | Re: proc suggestion |
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Wolter wrote: > > Make /proc work so that when you open files under it in binary mode you > get binary data better suited for programs and when in text mode, human > readable nicely formatted ascii text. Now wouldn't that be great?
Opening a file in binary or ASCII mode is a DOSism. Libc silently ignores the "b" flag to fopen(), because it is irrelevant on Unix.
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Brian Gerst
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