On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 02:19:06PM -0500, Dean Nelson wrote: > No operations can be done once it's closed, only while it's opened.
What the hell do you mean, can't be done? fd = open(...); fp = popen("/bin/date", "r"); /* read from fp */ fclose(fp); do operations on fd And you've got yourself open fork duplicating descriptor exit closing that duplicate IO on original, after call of flush - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/