Re: file positioning with buffered/unbuffered I/O

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From: Lars Wirzenius
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1992 11:18

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phil@cs.utexas.edu (Philip Smolen) writes:
>I thought these WERE the unix file utilities.  (as opposed to the ansi
>file utilities)  According the Borland C++ 3.1 online help, only eof()
>is not ANSI compliant.  eof() can be avoided with lseek() and tell().

Most of them are (sopen and eof are not, I think).  None of them are
specified by ANSI.

>IMHO the Unix file utilities are easier to use than the corresponding
>ANSI ones.

Possibly.  Unless you want formatted output, buffering, etc.

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Lars.Wirzenius@helsinki.fi

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From: wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius)
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Subject: Re: file positioning with buffered/unbuffered I/O
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