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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 21:31:14 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> If I dup a file descriptor, and close one, both will be closed, right?

No.  You'll simply close the extra reference. :-)

						Jordan