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Re: System.out/in
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Arthur van Hoff)
Tue May 30 12:42:53 1995
Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 09:23:06 -0700
From: Arthur.Vanhoff@Eng.Sun.COM (Arthur van Hoff)
To: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
Hi Peppar,
> > InputStream in = new FileInputStream(0);
> >
> > Don't use System.in at the same time as this new InputStream!
> >
>
> So it it really necessary to use '0'. Shouldn't there be some kind of
> alias-name for this, say stdin? (Does the UNIX-concept of stdin/stdout/stderr
> exist on Macs and Windows?? What I mean, does the code-line above work on a
> other than UNIX-plattforms?)
There should be a constant define somewhere but there isn't. It is guaranteed
to work on all platforms though...
Have fun,
Arthur van Hoff (avh@eng.sun.com)
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