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Subject: Re: write, _write, fwrite
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> What are the considerations for choosing between the write, _write, and
> fwrite procedures? (And the corresponding read, _read, and fread.)  From
> the libc docs I see some differences in the prototypes, but otherwise the
> choice seems mainly related to portability.  Is this correct?

		buffered	cr/lf		Standard
				conversion
fwrite	fread	Yes		Yes		ANSI
write	read	No		Yes		POSIX
_write	_read	No		No		DOS