From: Damian Frank <damianf AT WPI DOT EDU>
Subject: Raw file access question
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 1995 13:17:18 -0400 (EDT)

(I posted to the list a while back with some problems..well, I'm happy to
say that they've been resolved - by removing Norton Cache 2 from memory.  Go
figure.)

I need to do some raw binary file i/o.  Under UNIX, I'd just use read and
write, which is exactly what I tried to do - and failed.  My file contains
an end-of-file char (0x1a under DOS), and read stops right there, reporting
end-of-file.  At this point, I see no other alternative than going right to
DOS via int21, as I've done in real mode before.  However, it seems like
there should be an easier way.  Is there?

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