Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!mit-eddi!mit-vax!eagle!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!Satz@sri-tsc From: Satz%sri-tsc@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: fdopen(open(... vs. a plain fopen(... in getpass(3) Message-ID: <2171@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Jun-83 11:17:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.2171 Posted: Wed Jun 15 11:17:00 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jun-83 02:16:34 EDT Lines: 11 From: Greg SatzWith all of the explainations flying around, I still haven't figured out why you would ever want to do the fdopen(open(... sequence in lieu of a plain fopen(... The bug fix that was mailed out previously that split them into two different operations would, in my opinion, almost always be preferred in this type of situation. But why is it necessary to do an open and an fdopen?