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Andre Aitken
Mar 10, 2012, 3:33:25 AM3/10/12
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Can anyone point to a website that explains file pointer vs. streams
vs. file descriptors very well?
Search comes up with
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2423628/whats-the-difference-between-a-file-descriptor-and-file-pointer.
Seems to explain that file descriptor is a "naked (one element of)"
version of file pointer.
But what is a stream? like stdout/stdin.
Some references say stdout is file descriptor 1 <== this sentence is
not exact is it?
stdout is a stream.... what does this mean? thanks
vs. file descriptors very well?
Search comes up with
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2423628/whats-the-difference-between-a-file-descriptor-and-file-pointer.
Seems to explain that file descriptor is a "naked (one element of)"
version of file pointer.
But what is a stream? like stdout/stdin.
Some references say stdout is file descriptor 1 <== this sentence is
not exact is it?
stdout is a stream.... what does this mean? thanks
John Gordon
Mar 16, 2012, 1:20:46 PM3/16/12
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In <14f7a333-bc54-4be2...@9g2000vbq.googlegroups.com> Andre Aitken <andre.a...@gmail.com> writes:
> But what is a stream? like stdout/stdin.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1216380/what-is-a-stream
> But what is a stream? like stdout/stdin.
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