PH>   fopen() is not a memory allocation function. It is a file
PH>   opening function. Its compliment is fclose(). You cannot
PH>   use free() on it.
   :) Right. The confusion arose from documentation stating that
   the fopen() function allocates a buffer space, which may be
   variably set using setbuf() and setvbuf(). The question was
   as to whether it is necessary to use free() to return this
   allocated buffer to the system. Of course, fclose() takes
   the responsibility for de-allocating the associated buffer.
> ] It's around somewhere. I put it where I wouldn't lose it....
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