Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 08:39:44 -0400
From: kagel AT quasar DOT bloomberg DOT com
To: dpsm AT lubrizol DOT com
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: Text/Binary mode of stdin,stdout,stderr
Reply-To: kagel AT ts1 DOT bloomberg DOT com

   Errors-To: postmaster AT ns1
   Date: Fri, 21 Jul 95 10:03:20 EST
   From: dpsm AT lubrizol DOT com
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   I'm just starting to play with djgpp v2, and I have a question.  How do you 
   set binary or text mode of the standard input and output?

   From emacs.c:

   #ifdef MSDOS
     /* We do all file input/output as binary files.  When we need to translate
	newlines, we do that manually.  */
     _fmode = O_BINARY;
     (stdin)->_flag &= ~_IOTEXT;
     (stdout)->_flag &= ~_IOTEXT;
     (stderr)->_flag &= ~_IOTEXT;
   #endif /* MSDOS */

   The #define _IOTEXT is not in stdio.h (it was in previous versions).  Is it 
   the same as pre v2?  Is there a "portable" or "standard" way to do this in 
   ANS C?

   I remember twiddling bits like this with Borland, but I also seem to 
   remember a setmode() call, but if you knew my memory....

   Thanks,
	   Dale


Try closing stdin/stdout and reopening with mode set to binary:

	fclose( stdin );
	stdin = fopen( "STDIN", "rb" );
	fclose( stdout );
	stdout = fopen( "STDOUT", "wb" );

I believe that the DJGPP library supports these symbolic file names.  If not 
you could try opening both stdin and stdout on the CON: device.

-- 
Art S. Kagel, kagel AT ts1 DOT bloomberg DOT com

Variety is the soul of pleasure.  --  Aphra Behn