fopencookie

[crusader]

 >> How can I use  the libc function
 >> 	fopencookie( )
 >> in cygwin? In Mandrake Linux 9.0, it's declared in stdio.h and 
linked >>in librpmio.a, but it seems like it doesn't exist in cygwin.
 >> I've already installed all the packages from the online installation.

 >It's a glibc-specific function, and it's not part of
 >Cygwin. Furthermore, it's tied up with the guts of glibc, and it's not
 >the kind of thing you could easily add as an isolated function.


I need it *badly*... can I use any equivalent function?