I am not opening any file in my program. The file is being redirected to stdin by the OS.

bin &lt inputfile

I am using gets() to read, which not to mention read from the stdin. After I am finished reading the file, I want gets() to continue reading from console input.

Are u implying that file redirection causes a fd attached to stdin. If so when I reopen the fd, what argument should I give it, to attach it to console input.

I am going to try it next anyway and see what happens.

Thanx

Nauman