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  2. From: ig25@fg70.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Thomas Koenig)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.std.c
  4. Subject: Re: Binary Mode stdin/stdout
  5. Date: 9 Feb 1996 15:02:39 +0100
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  16. In comp.std.c, baynes@ukpsshp1.serigate.philips.nl (Stephen Baynes) wrote:
  17.  
  18. >You make an assumption that the operating system provides you with a means
  19. >of directing binary data into stdin or recieving it from stdout in the first
  20. >place.
  21.  
  22. The same kind of assumption is being made with system().  A function
  23. to switch stdin or stdout to binary could return failure if necessary.
  24. -- 
  25. Thomas Koenig, Thomas.Koenig@ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de, ig25@dkauni2.bitnet.
  26. The joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a double
  27. logarithmic diagram.
  28.