JdBP>   One of the worse parts of Borland's Standard C Library implementation
JdBP>   is that it is not possible to implement a fuller POSIX 1003 library
JdBP>   and use that instead of the one supplied by Borland, since several of
JdBP>   the Standard C Library functions link to POSIX 1003 functions.

E.g.?  Certainly you can create your own version of open().  I am
not aware of any posix functions that start with an underscore.
BFN.  Paul.
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