Date:	Mon, 24 May 1999 12:06:46 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Dlanor Blytkerchan <dlanor AT dds DOT nl>
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Subject:	Re: freopen()
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On Mon, 24 May 1999, Dlanor Blytkerchan wrote:

> Here's the prob: this works fine if the file already exists: I get the
> access i wanted in the first place. If the file did not exist in the
> beginning, the file is created but when I attempt to write I get an ENOENT
> error, which seems odd to me, as the file has just been created.

That's because the mode string in `fopen' and `freopen' is limited to
3 characters, so "rab+" is not allowed (and unnecessary) by the ANSI C
Standard.

Simply use "ab+" instead of "rab+" (the `+' already means that you are
allowed to both read and write to the file), and the program will work
as you expect.

Note that the update mode with `+' requires you to explicitly call
fseek between reading and writing.

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