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From: Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Buffer contents well-defined after fgets() reaches EOF ?
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:23:58 +0200
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On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 15:10:50 GMT
scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wrote:


> 
> If you're reading non-string data use read/pread/mmap.


I don't know about you, but in decades of practice I didn't yet
encounter a situation when I can trust a file input with 100%
certainty.