Date:	Thu, 27 Aug 1998 13:07:12 +0200
From:	Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Message-Id:	<199808271107.NAA26245@acp3bf.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
To:	dejatv AT my-dejanews DOT com
Cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: how to write binary files to stdout?
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Organization:	RWTH Aachen, III. physikalisches Institut B

In article <6s2lob$4cr$1 AT nnrp1 DOT dejanews DOT com> you wrote:


> Is it possible to change the mode of stdout to binary?  I've tried

>     setmode(stdout, O_BINARY);

The trick is setmode needs a file *handle*, not a 'FILE*', as its
first argument. 'stdout' is a 'FILE*' variable, though. You should be
doing something like this:

	setmode(fileno(stdout), O_BINARY);

(and #include the necessary header files, of course).


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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

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