Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 11:51:08 -0500
Message-Id: <199612211651.LAA23865@delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: roland DOT nilsson AT communique DOT se
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <59ggmj$3l@news.luth.se> (roland.nilsson@communique.se)
Subject: Re: C-style FILE IO problems..


> Yes, I'm parsing binary files. I believe C FILE i/o is always in raw
> mode. The only fopen() flags available are those relating to i/o
> direction and overwrite, according to my djgpp function list.
> I usually fopen() with "r".

You believe wrong.  ANSI states that file I/O is always in *text*
mode.  Use "rb" or "wb" to indicate binary (raw) I/O.