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From: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
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Subject: Re: PATCH: fcntl and F_GETFL, mark 2
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 13:18:05 -0600 (CST)
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> > > +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).

I would prefer we don't put anything at all unless we know there is a 
problem.