a question on open() and lseek()

[Edward C. Bennett]

In article <1968 at ism780c.UUCP>, tim at ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) writes:
> In article <691 at edison.UUCP> jso at edison.UUCP (John Owens) writes:
> >>      Is there any reason to use the sequence:
> >>              f = open( file, O_WRONLY );
> >>              lseek( f, 0, L_XTND );
> >>      instead of the single call:
> >>              f = open( file, O_WRONLY | O_APPEND );
> >
> >Because many versions of UNIX do not support the O_APPEND flag; it's
> >a fairly recent innovation.  All versions since v7 (at least that I'm
> >aware of) should support the open/lseek method.
>
> How about doing both?  Unixes that do not recognize O_APPEND will probably
> ignore it, and unixes that do will ignore the lseek.
>

        #ifdef O_APPEND
                f = open( file, O_WRONLY | O_APPEND );
        #else
                f = open( file, O_WRONLY );
                lseek( f, 0, L_XTND );
        #endif

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