bkahn@archive.webo.dg.com (Bruce Kahn) (09/07/90)
Im trying to port some programs from the MessDOS and Un*x worlds but some
of them include the file <sys/stat.h> and utilize the structure stat. The
structure is used for calls like:
struct stat statbuf;
char *iomod;
...
iomode = (stat(outfilename, &statbuf) == 0) ? "r+b" : "wb";
where iomode is then used in the fopen() routine to set the I/O mode for
file access. I cant find any references to this structure in any of the
Orca/C or APW include files. Is there an equivalent structure and call
for the APW and Orca/C environments? Should I bite the bullet and just
kludge the code (forcing iomode to a specific mode)?
--
Bruce (bkahn@archive.rtp.dg.com or
kahn@adam.dg.com)
Standard disclaimers apply, except where prohibited by law...wilner@motcid.UUCP (Corey S. Wilner) (09/11/90)
bkahn@archive.webo.dg.com (Bruce Kahn) writes: > Im trying to port some programs from the MessDOS and Un*x worlds but some >of them include the file <sys/stat.h> and utilize the structure stat. The >structure is used for calls like: > struct stat statbuf; > char *iomod; > ... > iomode = (stat(outfilename, &statbuf) == 0) ? "r+b" : "wb"; >where iomode is then used in the fopen() routine to set the I/O mode for >file access. I cant find any references to this structure in any of the >Orca/C or APW include files. Is there an equivalent structure and call >for the APW and Orca/C environments? Should I bite the bullet and just >kludge the code (forcing iomode to a specific mode)? >-- > Bruce (bkahn@archive.rtp.dg.com or > kahn@adam.dg.com) > > Standard disclaimers apply, except where prohibited by law... The second edition of K & R's C Programming Language has a complete(?) description beginning on page 180. *********************************************** Corey S. Wilner | Give me a jingle: Motorola Cellular | ..!uunet!motcid!wilner 708-632-7206 | *********************************************** If after 30 minutes of a card game you don't know who the rube is, you are! McAfee's Law of Physical Material Balance: Matter can be neither created nor destroyed. However, it can be lost!
gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) (09/12/90)
In article <923@dg.dg.com> bkahn@archive.webo.dg.com (Bruce Kahn) writes: > iomode = (stat(outfilename, &statbuf) == 0) ? "r+b" : "wb"; <sys/stat.h>, struct stat, and stat() all do not exist in most non-POSIX (non-UNIX-like) systems. Rather than giving up, why not rewrite the code to do what was intended (which this code doesn't do right anyway), using standard C facilities.