file descriptor vs file handle

[Peter da Silva]

In article <1991Feb26.101038.1 at dev8n.mdcbbs.com> campbell at dev8n.mdcbbs.com (Tim Campbell) writes:
> Applies specificly to DOS (MS-DOS, IBM-DOS, etc.) based applications.
> File Descripters were a carry over from CP/M - when a program needed to 
> open a file...

Yo, I thought my table was complete. These beasties are "file control blocks"
or FCBs. I've never seen them described as "file descriptors". But that doesn't
mean IBM might not have done so. I would put nothing beyond IBM when it comes
to screwing up terminology about files... data sets....
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