From: Michael Campbell <michael_s_campbell@...>
Date: 2003-09-20T12:20:51+09:00
Subject: Re: Trouble with binary files?

> If Unix never distinguished between text and binary files, what
> was the binary mode flag for?

Don't equate unix and C, for the 2 are not the same thing.

My old K&R C book says of this, "...SOME systems distinguish between
text and binary files; for the latter, a "b" must be appended to the
mode string."  (emphasis mine).

Or were you referring to something else?

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