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Re: UPGRADE to 5.5, ? FFILEINFO?
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Overman_James <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 24 Jul 1997 21:06:50 GMT
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Michael J Anderson ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: Q: DOES ANYONE KNOW OF ANY ENHANCEMENTS TO FFILEINFO INTRINSIC with 5.5?
: Q: DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A BETTER WAY TO CHECK IF A TERM FILE IS OPEN?
You are probably being burned by the fact that File number ZERO is now a legal
file number.  Initialize your file numbers to -1 (I think) and the FFILEINFO
should then report the proper status of not opened.  Note file number 0
was needed for the POSIX people I believe.  It is STDIN I think.
--
 James Overman HP Support Technology Lab  Roseville, CA

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