::> HB> Is there a way to identify the mode that an fstream was opened in?
::> HB> (binary vs. text -- borland 4.5)
::>     The only thing I've found is in the bas class IOS.
::>     Look at "Public Data Members", "open_mode".
::>     int rdstate();
::>     Returns the stream state by returning the value of the data member 
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::>     of class ios.
::>     This probably does nothing more than test fro good,bad,fail, etc.
I did find where it was stored for files (class filebuf, mode member). It's 
protected, and I'd probably have to derive a class to provide access to it :(
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