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[Bug libc/682] New: stdout and file descriptor mismatch after a freopen()
- From: "vincent+libc at vinc17 dot org" <sourceware-bugzilla at sources dot redhat dot com>
- To: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 19 Jan 2005 16:17:14 -0000
- Subject: [Bug libc/682] New: stdout and file descriptor mismatch after a freopen()
- Reply-to: sourceware-bugzilla at sources dot redhat dot com
Closing stdin with fclose(stdin) and redirecting stdout with freopen(...,stdout)
make stdout associated with file descriptor 0 instead of 1, leading to
non-documented side effects (and even incompatible with documentation supplied
with Linux: the stdin(3) man page). After a discussion (in French) in
fr.comp.lang.c, several users agreed that this could be seen as a bug and should
be fixed. See bug 670 for a testcase.
Note: Of course, stdin and stderr are affected too, and so is the fopen() function.
A correct behavior would be to reserve file descriptors 0, 1 and 2 for stdin,
stdout and stderr at the fopen/fclose/freopen level (the functions defined by
the ISO C standard). If the programmer uses system calls directly, he should
make sure not to break this convention.
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Summary: stdout and file descriptor mismatch after a freopen()
Product: glibc
Version: unspecified
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: libc
AssignedTo: gotom at debian dot or dot jp
ReportedBy: vincent+libc at vinc17 dot org
CC: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=682
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