From: "A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Reading binary files
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 10:13:51 -0400
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Chris wrote:
> 
> When reading in binary files, I need to know how to stop when reaching
> the EOF.
> 
this is waht the ANSI specs say about fread:

"The fread function returns the number of elements successfully read,
which may be less than nmemb if a read error or EOF is encountered. If
size or nmemb is zero, than the contents of the array and the state of
the stream remain unchanged."

Use this information and the standard ferror function. i would also
recommend reading the C FAQ and posting basic C questions to comp.lang.c
or comp.lang.c.moderated.
-- 
   Sinan
 
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