The clockwork of console/file-streams?
How might I program something such as the standard streaming features for Input/Output in console windows and files? I want to know how they work. I don't care if it requires inline ASM or even NASM, I just want to know!
Writing/reading in the low level uses different things depending on the platform. On unix it uses the write,read,open,close system calls.
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It's the same for Windows. The native calls are ReadFile/WriteFile/CreateFile/OpenFile/CloseHandle.
GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE) returns the handle for stdinGetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE) for stdoutGetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE) for stderr
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