Re: how to delete entry from binary file

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From: Bob Gonder
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 18:52

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Remy Lebeau (TeamB) wrote:

>Create a new file that contains a copy of items 1 through 4 and 6 through
>the end of the file.

Another way to go would be to add a "deleted" char to your structure.
Set the char to some value that you understand to mean "this file
entry has been deleted" and write it back.  Then whenever you are
processing the file, ignore structures that are "deleted".  Once a
day/week/month, whenever, you can copy the file, leaving out the
"deleted" records.

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