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In article <213@artsvax.UUCP> mike@artsvax.UUCP (Michael Czeiszperger) writes:
>#define MAXBUFF 153600 /* room for three hundred blocks */
>do_read_file(fp)
>FILE *fp;
>{
>
>  unsigned char buffer[300 * 512];
>  unsigned char *buff;  /* I would have used malloc or calloc, but */
>			/* everytime I called them the system crashes */

			Use mlalloc (sp)? for larger then 32K

>
>  buff = buffer;
>  while((!feof(fp) && ((buff - buffer) <  MAXBUFF)){
>    length = fread(buff,sizeof(char),512,fp);
>    buff += length;
>    }

Why not use the much simpler:
    long length;
    char * buffer;

    unsigned char *buffer;

    buffer = mlalloc(MAXBUFF);
    if ( buffer == NULL )
	/* Not enough memory */
    
    length = fread( buffer, 512, 300, fp);

    return( length );

> Michael S. Czeiszperger      | Disclaimer: "Sorry, I'm all out of pith" 

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