Posted by Vince Morgan on 12/28/07 08:28

"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
news:i8SdnXF43P9d_-nanZ2dnUVZ_uDinZ2d@comcast.com...

> >>>> "Vince Morgan" <vinharAtHereoptusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > [snip]
> >>>> According to the manual the file pointer that is returned by
"popen()"
> > can
> >>>> be used by the following, fgets(), fgetss(), and fwrite() whereas you
are
> >>>> calling "fread()".
> > [snip]

>
> Sorry, Vince. I agree with Tim. You're grasping at straws here.

I "almost" agree with that assesment Jerry. However, what I wrote above is
what is in the current manual. However, if I had read further I would have
discovered it was deficient.
[quote]
This pointer may be used with fgets(), fgetss(), and fwrite().
[/quote]
I was only stating what the manual says, not suggesting anything in that
respect. If quoting from the manual is a "suggestion" as opposed to an
observation I agree totaly. That they are all I/O functions should have
been obvious to me also, but I missed that too @@
Having said that I agree Tim was right that I should have stayed out of it.
And I apologise for my testy reply.
Highest regards,
Vince

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