::>  HB> Is there a way to identify the mode that an fstream was opened in?
::>  HB> (binary vs. text -- borland 4.5)
::> None of which I'm aware, but fortunately, it shouldn't be terribly
::> difficult to add the capability yourself:
::> class my_stream : public fstream {
::>     int mode_;
I don't know if there's a way to use it, but the filebuf class already has a
mode member (protected:) which stores this information. Still, deriving a
new class similar to the above seems a safer/easier way to capture the 
parameter...
::> You may have to add a few more things to this; for example, I believe
::> Borland supports a third parameter that determines the sharing allowed
::> with the file, and you may want to support that as well.  Likewise, you
Yeah, it has an optional 3rd protmode parameter, which I've never used :)
Thanks,
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