::> HB> Is there a way to identify the mode that an fstream was opened in?
::> HB> (binary vs. text -- borland 4.5)
::> From TC 3.0 online help
::>    stat                           
::>  A structure containing information about a file or directory. Used by
::> the fstat and stat functions.
::> I'm not certain if this is it.  But it looks good.  :-)
That's not it. That's for information about a file/directory, not the mode 
that it was opened in...
ofstream of("SOMEFILE.BIN", ios::out | ios::binary):
  /* how do I check if file was opened with ios::binary? */
I overload the << operator for a class. Depending on whether it's opened in
binary mode or not, I either want to write the data out in binary format or
as text readable (if it's going to the display). 
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