Re: text vs. binary [Re: more gcc warnings]

[Bob Proulx]

Paul Eggert wrote:
> address@hidden (Eric Blake) writes:
> > nohup - POSIX requires that stdout from utility may to go to nohup.out, so
> > nohup.out should probably be opened in same mode as nohup's stdout (if it
> > exists)
> 
> nohup.out is currently opened in text mode.  Let's just leave that
> alone, unless someone really needs it.  (I doubt whether they will.)

Since nohup.out is expected to be the terminal output of the command
it makes the most sense to me if it is text mode since it is most
likely to always be text.  It seems very unlikely any normal case
would not be text.

Bob