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Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 20:29:14 -0700
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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To: voxel AT freenet DOT edmonton DOT ab DOT ca
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: tmpfile() bug in DJGPP
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voxel AT freenet DOT edmonton DOT ab DOT ca wrote:
> 
> To put it mildly, it bombs!
> For whatever reason it just doesn't flush/save everything to the temporary
> file.  No other compiler seem to carry this flaw, Borland, Symantec,
> gcc (UNIX/Linux) all work... anyone else experience this annoyance?

There is a known bug in which `tmpfile' may not open the file in binary
mode, like it is supposed to-- is this perhaps what you're running
into?  A patch and fixed library is available at:

http://www.cartsys.com/eldredge/djgpp-patches.html

You may want to wait a day or so; I am about to upload a fixed version
which corrects a bug in one of the patches.
-- 

Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com