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Re: [PATCH] fclose: don't fail on non-seekable input stream


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fclose: don't fail on non-seekable input stream
Date: Mon, 02 May 2011 11:29:33 -0600
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On 05/02/2011 08:40 AM, Eric Blake wrote:
>> ! @item
>> ! @code{fflush} on an input stream changes the position of the stream to the
>> ! end of the previous buffer, on some platforms: mingw.
>>
>> Likewise not relevant: the position of the stream is irrelevant in fclose().
> 
> Yes it is.  test-closein has a test that validates that:
> 
> { test-closein consume; cat; } < file
> 
> outputs the remainder of file after the 6 bytes consumed by test-closein.

Then again, the GPL 'closein' module depends on fflush, so in the spirit
of modularity, fclose in isolation need not guarantee file offset as
long as fclose+fflush does.  I'm still testing patches...

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Eric Blake   address@hidden    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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