Hi Derek, > From: Derek Robert Price > > I explaioned in another email to Larry. Still waiting to hear more > opinions on the importance of the error check I restored.
I general, the more error checks be better say I!!! > >>Are you certain there isn't just some library we're > >>neglecting to include or some other function name (like "_fcntl()") we > >>should be using? I've seen similar problems with other POSIX functions > >>under Windows. > > > > > >Now, as far as some other function you should be using for Windows, I don't > >do much low-level file I/O in my work, so I wouldn't be able to answer that > >question without doing a fair amount of research. > > Anybody else know about this? Windows support of POSIX is claimed but I'm sure is limited. Here's the overview URL: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnucmg/html/ucmglp.asp?frame=true Chapter 8 of the above describes some limitations for fcntl re POSIX.1, see Table 3: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnucmg/html/UCMGch08.asp?frame=true Chapter 9 of the above describes fcntl but rewrites it away, see "File and Data Access" link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnucmg/html/UCMGch09.asp?frame=true The Visual C++ 6.0 Run-Time Library Reference, see "Alphabetic Function Reference" in left frame: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vccore98/HTML/crthm.asp?frame=true just plain flat out omits "fcntl" function altogether. If you send me an "fcntl" function prototype and requirements description, I'll see what's possible using native Win32 API. Conrad _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
