Re: Octave 2.1.29 available for ftp (fclose() bug?)

[Joao Cardoso]

Hi,

The following shows a bug in octave-2.1.29 compiled with gcc-2.95.2 on
sco-3.2v5.0.4.

It seems that fclose() does not actually closes the stream until another
fopen() is issued on the same file:

octave:1> fp = fopen("popo","w")
fp =
{
  id = 3
  name = popo
  mode = w
  arch = native
  status = open
}
octave:2> fprintf(fp,"Hello dolly\n")
ans = 12
octave:3> fclose(fp)
ans = 0
octave:4> system("ls -l popo")
-rw-r--r--   1 root     sys            0 Mar 25 16:23 popo
ans = 0
octave:5> fp = fopen("popo","r")
fp =
{
  id = 3
  name = popo
  mode = r
  arch = native
  status = open
}
octave:6> fclose(fp)
ans = 0
octave:7> system("ls -l popo")
-rw-r--r--   1 root     sys           12 Mar 25 16:23 popo
ans = 0

Joao

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