From:	Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: SIGSEGV when doing file operations
Date:	Mon, 31 Mar 1997 22:05:50 -0800
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Kyle R. Hofmann wrote:

> Call my function OpenFile, which:
> -Opens the file.
> -Reads 4 bytes using fread() and checks if they are what they should be.
> -Reads 4 more bytes using fread() and stores them.
> -Returns.
> Call my function ReadData, which promptly crashes when doing anything
> file related.

Without sample code it's impossible to say what the problem is.

It's unlikely, though still possible, that the problems are in the standard
libraries, since all sorts of people do file I/O.

Post the smallest program you can make that reproduces the problem and
we'll take a look at it.

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