-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 10 Apr 2003 18:03:02 +0530, Ajay Bansal wrote: > Problem was not that I _have_ to read a file somehow. Problem was.. How > do read using fgets. & why it bbehaves differently on Solaris/Linux > with same compiler. > > If I open the file with "a+", the on Solaris file pointer is at the > beginning of the file whereas on Linux it is at the end of the file. Why > is this difference??? 'a' = append, but appending makes sense only at the end of a file. 'a' without positioning the file pointer at the end of the file would be like 'w' (writing) and would NOT append, but overwrite (truncate) the file. 'a+' is like 'a' but also gives 'r' read-access. What does the manual on Solaris say about 'a' and 'a+'? > And if some code is already written using fgets on solaris, this > difference makes it non-portable!!!!! Remains to be seen whether the API is non-portable or whether the source code is. - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+lXYi0iMVcrivHFQRAsznAJ9hhbIXeATOMZMriPdp2ys0O31dwwCfTZmt g2pN3+xnSTHlZy/59bHmAQI= =Xty9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Redhat-devel-list mailing list Redhat-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list
