@node freopen @section @code{freopen} @findex freopen POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/freopen.html} Gnulib module: freopen Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: @itemize @item On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function does usually not recognize the @file{/dev/null} filename. @end itemize Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: @itemize @item On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function does not set @code{errno} upon failure. @item This function does not fail when the file name argument ends in a slash and (without the slash) names a nonexistent file or a file that is not a directory, on some platforms: HP-UX 11.00, Solaris 9, Irix 5.3. @item Applications should not assume that @code{fileno(f)} will be the same before and after a call to @code{freopen(name,mode,f)}. However, the module freopen-safer can at least protect @code{stdin}, @code{stdout}, and @code{stderr}. @end itemize