freopen, fclose and stdout

[Alex Vinokur]

Hi,
freopen closes stdout, but it seems that fclose doesn't restore it (see sample below).

How can one print to stdout after using freopen?
========= C code : File foo.c : BEGIN =========
#include <stdio.h>
#include <assert.h>

#define FILE_NAME "foobar"

int main ()
{
FILE* out_fp;
int rc;

remove (FILE_NAME);

printf ( "printf-1\n");

out_fp = freopen (FILE_NAME, "a", stdout);
assert (out_fp);

printf ("printf-2\n");
fprintf (out_fp, "fprintf(out_fp)\n");

rc = fclose (out_fp);
assert (!rc);

printf ("printf-3\n"); // Problematic printf

return 0;
}
========= C code : File foo.c : END ===========
========= Compilation & Run : BEGIN =========

$ gcc -v
[---omitted---]
gcc version 3.3.1 (cygming special)

$ gcc -W -Wall foo.c

$ a
printf-1
// printf-3 missing

$ cat foobar
printf-2
fprintf(out_fp)

========= Compilation & Run : END ===========

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Alex Vinokur
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http://up.to/alexvn
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[Grumble]

Alex Vinokur wrote:

freopen closes stdout, but it seems that fclose doesn't restore it (see sample below).

How can one print to stdout after using freopen?

http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/q12.34.html

[Eric Sosman]

Alex Vinokur wrote:

Hi,

freopen closes stdout, but it seems that fclose doesn't restore it (see sample below).

How can one print to stdout after using freopen?

This is Question 12.34 in the comp.lang.c Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQ) list

http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html

.... and you're not going to like the answer.

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