From:	jsc AT lds DOT co DOT uk
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Filelength question (baffled no more) - just ignore it
Date:	Sat, 14 Aug 1999 14:50:35 GMT
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Hi all, sorry, I'm stupid and I've sorted out the problem. I was using the
file pointer, not the raw file handle number. Works now - sorry again


Hello all,
this must be an easy question, but I can't seem to get it to work. All I'm
trying to do is work out the length of a file. I use

FILE *fp;
fp = fopen(filename, "rb");

where filename is just the argument in the function. And I can acces the
bytes perfectly well, so I know I'm accessing the file correctly.

but then when I try...

printf( "File length: %i", filelength((int)fp) );

I get -1 returned, indicating an error, but I can't see why.
If anyone could help, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks a lot,
Christopher
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