Re: stdin, stdout, stderr, 3
| From: | Per Jessen | Date: | Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:58:02 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: stdin, stdout, stderr, 3 | ||
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Daniel Brown wrote:
>> It's just file descriptor 3, that's all. In the old days, it was
>> occasionally called "stdaux", but AFAIK that's not used any more.
>
> Now that you mention it, I do seem to recall the term "STDAUX,"
> but I'm not sure if it's an actual memory or just one of those things
> that "looks familiar" after reading it. Either way, the streams are
> also referred to as "channels," and the virtual reference to that is
> known as the "file descriptor."
Hmm, I know I have never heard streams or file descriptors referred to
as "channels". Well, certainly not in UNIX.
As for stdaux, I don't think it's being used any more at all. Like Bob
suggested, I think it might very well be a DOS reference.
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Per Jessen, Zürich (1.8°C)