Date:	Sun, 18 Feb 1996 09:50:45 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Myles Williams <williams AT utkux4 DOT utk DOT edu>
Cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: fgetc
In-Reply-To:	<WILLIAMS.96Feb16024253@utkux4.utk.edu>
Message-Id:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.960218094826.28845L@is>
Mime-Version:	1.0

On 16 Feb 1996, Myles Williams wrote:

> The C standard does not specify whether stdin is a text or binary
> file.  Apparently DJGPP assumes text.  Try freopen'ing it as binary.

A better way is to use the `setmode' library function, because `freopen' 
requires that you know the name of the file to reopen.  stdin could be 
redirected from the command line, in which case you don't know the name 
of the file.

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