On Tue, May 21, 2002, Romberg, Kathy wrote:

> Folks,
> 
> I've been looking at this function and have a question  about this particular case.  
>The first line in the case is to do a file_free, which closes the file if b->shutdown 
>is set, yet shutdown is not set until the next line. Is this correct? Or does the 
>shutdown apply to the file that is about to be opened?
> 
> Also, what are the conditions under which this function is called?
> 
> Kathy Romberg

This is so the previous file (if any) is freed and the value of
the BIO_NOCLOSE flag honoured. Check the BIO_s_file() manual page
for more info.

Steve.
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