From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: C-style FILE IO problems..
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 20:50:32 -0800
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Tony O'Bryan wrote:

> In MS-DOS, you have the option of using binary or text files.  Which
> is the default is compiler dependent, so you should always specify
> which mode you want to use.

You have this option under Unix and other operating systems as well, and
you should use it.  The ANSI C standard, for instance, doesn't guarantee
that certain file operations (like fseek/ftell) will operate in the same
way on text vs. binary files, even on operating systems where there is
little difference.

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