From:	Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: How to switch popen read/write modes?
Date:	28 Nov 2000 11:03:53 GMT
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Anderson <ealmeida AT sigmanet DOT com DOT br> wrote:
> Hi guys!

> I'm trying out with popen function. It says (at help file) that it can
> open a program for reading and writing 
> handle = popen ("program", "rb+")

In what help file did you find that? It's untrue, for every popen()
implementation I've seen. The only 'mode' arguments for popen() are
"r" and ". I.e. the DJGPP docs may have a little flaw, here, where
they say:

	The MODE is the same as for `fopen' (*note fopen::.).

That's not true.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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