From: "Bas Hamstra" <bas DOT hamstraNOSPAM AT wxs DOT nl>
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Subject: Re: length of file (baffling me)
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 16:46:49 +0200
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I think you should get the handle of the file opened with fopen().

Do this with the function

    Handle = fileno(fp);

Then you can use

    Lenghts = filelength(Handle);


jsc AT lds DOT co DOT uk heeft geschreven in bericht <7p3u7u$ncb$1 AT nnrp1 DOT deja DOT com>...
>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
>--
>Christopher Anthony, Goldfish Style Council
>jsc AT lds DOT co DOT uk
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