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Re: new function suggestion fsetmode
Where setmode is introduced, I'd simply add. "Use the standard fileno(fp) call to get the fd from the result of a fopen() call." I
do recall fileno after you reminded me... just needed a memory jog.
The binmode/textmode & automode could be useful & I don't think they are mentioned on that particular page either. While they were
discussed on the list a lot, new porters may be ignorant of them - Perhaps they could be mentioned on the programming page?
Unfortunately for me the work I am doing is the last little bits to make Squid behave properly on text mounts with cygwin - So I can
give you a test tarball for distribution.
Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf@redhat.com>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 2:31 AM
Subject: Re: new function suggestion fsetmode
> On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 02:27:15AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
> >oops. Thanks for the tip.
> >
> >Can I suggest a reference to that on
> >http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-textbinary.html
>
> fileno is a pretty standard part of any UNIX API, but if you'd like to
> suggest new wording I'd be happy to include it. There are also new
> 'binmode.o', 'textmode.o', and 'automode.o' object files available for
> changing the defaults on a per-binary basis. automode.o (probably
> misnamed) changes the default to 'read text'/'write binary'.
>
> cgf
>
> >Rob
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf@redhat.com>
> >To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> >Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 2:15 AM
> >Subject: Re: new function suggestion fsetmode
> >
> >
> >> On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 02:21:36AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
> >> >Hi,
> >> > I'd like to suggest a function for working on FILE* handles
> >> >
> >> >int fsetmode(FILE* fhandle, int mode)
> >> >{
> >> > if (fhandle)
> >> > return setmode(fhandle->_file, mode);
> >> > else
> >> > return EOF;
> >> >}
> >> >
> >> >I wasn't sure where in cygwin to place it... so I'll leave that up to
> >> >the core group. I ran across a whole bunch of fopen calls recently
> >> >that needed to be forced into text mode.. this is how I've done it.
> >> >
> >> >Maybe bad things happen doing this? I assume not. But as the function
> >> >needs to look into the FILE * struct's privates, I figure it should be
> >> >part of cygwin itself.
> >>
> >> I think it is preferable to just use 'setmode' and the 'fileno(fp)' interface.
> >> fileno() is the accepted way for looking at the internal "_file" part of
> >> an fd structure.
> >>
> >> cgf
> >>
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