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    Have you actually tried anything yet to test this? Should be a simple C or whatever your favorite language of the day is program.
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Can we open a file with two different open() system calls?



My purpose is to write something into the file with the first file descriptor and to read something from the file with the second descriptor.










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Can we open a file with two different open() system calls?



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Can we open a file with two different open() system calls?



My purpose is to write something into the file with the first file descriptor and to read something from the file with the second descriptor.







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    Have you actually tried anything yet to test this? Should be a simple C or whatever your favorite language of the day is program.
    – Doug O'Neal
    Nov 24 at 18:23










  • you are right, I handled it.
    – Goktug
    Nov 24 at 20:30














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    Have you actually tried anything yet to test this? Should be a simple C or whatever your favorite language of the day is program.
    – Doug O'Neal
    Nov 24 at 18:23










  • you are right, I handled it.
    – Goktug
    Nov 24 at 20:30








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Have you actually tried anything yet to test this? Should be a simple C or whatever your favorite language of the day is program.
– Doug O'Neal
Nov 24 at 18:23




Have you actually tried anything yet to test this? Should be a simple C or whatever your favorite language of the day is program.
– Doug O'Neal
Nov 24 at 18:23












you are right, I handled it.
– Goktug
Nov 24 at 20:30




you are right, I handled it.
– Goktug
Nov 24 at 20:30










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Simple example in Bash:



$ touch foo
$ exec 3<foo 4>foo
$ echo hello >&4
$ cat <&3
hello





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    Simple example in Bash:



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      Simple example in Bash:



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      hello





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        Simple example in Bash:



        $ touch foo
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        $ echo hello >&4
        $ cat <&3
        hello





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        Simple example in Bash:



        $ touch foo
        $ exec 3<foo 4>foo
        $ echo hello >&4
        $ cat <&3
        hello






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