Hi, i wrote: > > Why there are two sets of file accessing system calls must have historical > > reasons. tomas@tuxteam.de wrote: > [...] file descriptor is a > kernel thing, FILE* is libc, i.e. userspace [1] (I know *you* know it, > but it might be interesting for others). Well, at least it did not come to me as explanation why there is FILE *. Have a nice day :) Thomas