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Date: Fri,  6 Oct 2006 08:03:58 +0200
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Binit and Bterm
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Joel =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C5=93chesky=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C2=9D Salomon wrote:
> I=E2=80=99ve got a function in the Brain-Dead SHell=E2=84=A2 that I=E2=80=
=99m writing for
> homework that looks like this:
> 	Biobuf in;
>=20
> 	void bdsh(int f) {
> 		Binit(&in, f, OREAD); yyparse(); Bterm(&in);
> 	}
> This function gets called for each file named in argv[] after main()
> open(2)s it.
>=20
> My question is: is the call Bterm necessary, or will Binit
> reinitialize the global Biobuf correctly on its own=E2=80=94or am I cou=
rting
> trouble some other way?  The man page for bio(2) is a bit vauge on
> reusing Biobufs.

What's one extra, correct, Bterm call among friends ?