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>    if (!(freopen(NULL, "rb", stdin))) {

> fails.  The objective is to be able to read past 0x1a EOF markers
> in the file.  Line endings are of no concern.  Why does it fail?

It fails because the path you specified is NULL.  That is not legal.

Use setmode(0, O_BINARY) to change stdin to binary.

But please read the info page on setmode() before using it.

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