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+/* lineup.c
+
+   Converts a file to uppercase in-place.
+
+   Incidentally, another way to do this while avoiding the seeks
+   would be to open the input file, then remove() it and reopen
+   it under another handle.  Because of Unix deletion semantics
+   this works fine. */
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <syscall.h>
+
+int
+main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+  char buf[1024];
+  int handle;
+
+  if (argc != 2)
+    exit (1);
+
+  handle = open (argv[1]);
+  if (handle < 0)
+    exit (2);
+
+  for (;;)
+    {
+      int n, i;
+
+      n = read (handle, buf, sizeof buf);
+      if (n <= 0)
+        break;
+
+      for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
+        buf[i] = toupper ((unsigned char) buf[i]);
+
+      seek (handle, tell (handle) - n);
+      if (write (handle, buf, n) != n)
+        printf ("write failed\n");
+    }
+
+  close (handle);
+
+  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}