Re: file descriptors opened as text files

[DJ Delorie]

> Yes, b is fine when opening a file *handle* with fopen(). But I am working
> with a file *descriptor* returned by open(), which is quite different.
> open()'s behavior is ruled by a bunch of O flags such as O_RDONLY, 

The best way to make this portable is to do this:

#include <fcntl.h>
#ifndef O_BINARY
#define O_BINARY 0
#endif

Now you can use O_BINARY everywhere, and it will always do the right
thing.  Same for O_TEXT if you need it.

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