Re: [Valgrind-users] VG_(open) which flag equals "rb"/"wb"

[Nicholas N. <nj...@cs...>]

On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, Julian Seward wrote:

>> I am not sure which flags I have to use, when I want to open a file in
>> binary mode a) for reading and b) for writing. Does VKI_O_RDONLY and
>> VKI_O_WRONLY already cover the binary modes? (this is one of the not so
>> well documented parts, so I am struggeling a little here)
>
> I don't think there is any binary vs non-binary file mode
> differences on Linux.  So this should not be a problem.

It's the difference between 'fopen' (a library function) and 'open' (a 
system call).  They're similar -- fopen is usually layered on top of open -- 
but not identical.

Nick