From: jsc AT lds DOT co DOT uk
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: length of file (baffling me)
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 14:25:08 GMT
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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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