Re: proc suggestion

From: Brian Gerst (bgerst@quark.vpplus.com)
Date: Thu Feb 17 2000 - 10:33:36 EST

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Wolter wrote:
>
> Make /proc work so that when you open files under it in binary mode you
> get binary data better suited for programs and when in text mode, human
> readable nicely formatted ascii text. Now wouldn't that be great?

Opening a file in binary or ASCII mode is a DOSism. Libc silently
ignores the "b" flag to fopen(), because it is irrelevant on Unix.

Brian Gerst

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