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From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 21:14

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"Martin C" <martinc@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Now if I need to overwrite the current file with zeros or garbage,
> is there any file management function/api that I should use to
> establish such task.

Not specifically for this task, no.  Simply open the file normally, write
new data to the file from beginning to end, close the file, then delete the
file.


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