From:	alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk (Alaric B. Williams)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: HELP: cannot read file while opened in word!?!
Date:	Thu, 03 Apr 1997 20:34:24 GMT
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On Wed, 02 Apr 1997 19:23:51 +0200, Bernhard Baeumle
<bb AT ife DOT ee DOT ethz DOT ch> wrote:

>Hi folks.

>I desperately need your help!

>===> From my djgpp-program I cannot even open this 
>file for reading (as long as it's opened with Word).
>Note: fopen("test.txt", "r") returns NULL   !?!?!?

There isn't any difference between Word files and "normal" files
at the fopen level - so this shouldn't happen!

Can you view test.txt with a DOS text editor? Perhaps it's
gotten itself a silly LFN tilde on:

"test~1.txt" (Grrr!)

In which case, going looking for it will reveal the problem. If a DOS
text editor can read it fine, under that filename, something more
fundamental is wrong! If the editor sees the file but comes back with
an error, then it's probably file locking after all; in which case,
close the file in Word rather than saving it but leaving the window
open.

Luck!


ABW
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