Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!vrdxhq!bms-at!stuart From: stuart@bms-at.UUCP (Stuart D. Gathman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: cancelling fdopen(3) Message-ID: <317@bms-at.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Dec-86 21:33:05 EST Article-I.D.: bms-at.317 Posted: Thu Dec 11 21:33:05 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Dec-86 04:31:08 EST References: <88@dcl-csvax.comp.lancs.ac.uk> Organization: Business Management Systems, Inc., Fairfax, VA Lines: 12 Summary: dup(fd) In article <88@dcl-csvax.comp.lancs.ac.uk>, stephen@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Stephen J. Muir) writes: > FILE *f_fd = fdopen (fd, "w"); > Now, what is the best way to release the FILE * structure to the free pool > without closing the file attached to the original "fd"? sd = dup(fd) either before or after the fdopen(). -- Stuart D. Gathman <..!seismo!dgis!bms-at!stuart>