perror - (was Re: redirecting output)

[Scott Merrilees]

boyd at necisa.ho.necisa.oz (Boyd Roberts) writes:

>In article <1990Jul7.020719.14239 at bhpese.oz.au> Sm at bhpese.oz.au (Scott Merrilees) writes:
>>I've never come across the need for the *++my_name == '\0' check, has
>>anybody else?  Boyd?

>Well, I haven't seen it, but it can happen.

>The philosophy of ``it'll never* happen, so don't code for it'' is _wrong_.
I agree, but was mainly wondering if you had been bitten, and thus started
checking for this.  Looks like I'll need to rethink my one-liner, damn!

Sm
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