In message <20020801181537.BF1BB1798A@arioch.imrryr.org>, Roland Dowdeswell wri
tes:
>
>On 1028224954 seconds since the Beginning of the UNIX epoch
>"Steven M. Bellovin" wrote:
>>
>>In message <20020801135402.K2158@styx.org>, ww@styx.org writes:
>
>>>  close(1);
>>>  fd = open("somefile", O_WRONLY);
>>>
>>>-w
>>>
>>You could use dup2().  But I suspect there's a lot of code around that 
>>does it your way.
>
>The problem is that the relevant standards dictate that method does
>work in that way, and so programs that rely on that behaviour are
>not doing anything wrong.

Yes, I agree.

		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me)
		http://www.wilyhacker.com ("Firewalls" book)