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Article #4095

Re: Turbo C and ^Z's

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From: Otto J. Makela
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 1991 10:54
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In article <10251@hydra.Helsinki.FI> wirzeniu@cs.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius) writes:
   In article <OTTO.91Jan3125711@tukki.jyu.fi> otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) writes:
   >	if(f=fopen(filename,"a+b"))	{

   "a" means that all writes happen at the end of the file, use "r+b" instead.

ALL WRITES ?  Come on, the first thing I do after that is to seek the file...
I'd like to point out I can't use "r+b", 'cause it'll fail if the file does
not exist beforehand.
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From: otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela)
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Subject: Re: Turbo C and ^Z's
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