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> From: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
> Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 11:19:44 -0600 (CST)
> 
> > +On Windows NT/2000/XP this cannot report the open mode correctly -
> > +@code{O_RDWR} is always returned.
> 
> I'm not sure on this.  I didn't have time to patch/build everything,
> but I extracted the code which did modes and printed them to the
> screen, and it gave 2 for handles 0..3 and 1 for handle 4 (it didn't
> fail getting sft).  The difference in value may indicate it actually
> works on Win2K.

So perhaps we should change the docs wording to say that it _might_
be unable to report the open mode correctly (the code already does
TRT, I believe).