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[Bug libc/4559] freopen failed if asked to open /dev/stdin


------- Additional Comments From addw at phcomp dot co dot uk  2007-05-30 22:12 -------
I quite agree that the freopen() manual is very clear, but a user of an
application is not going to read that. They will read the application manual
that will say something like:

foobar <inputFile> <outputFile>

and so expect to type:

someCommand | foobar /dev/stdin /tmp/SomeOutputFile

There are a few programs that have that sort of syntax, they don't work with
/dev/stdin.

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