From: "Al Morgan" <muaddib AT proaxis DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Binary and Text Files
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 01:33:05 -0700
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This is probably a stupid question, but what's the difference between
opening a file in binary mode as opposed to text mode?

ifstream binary_file;
binary_file.open("info.dat", ios::binary);

as opposed to

ifstream text_file;
text_file.open("info.dat");        // text is the default.

Thanks in advance
    Al [muaddib AT proaxis DOT com]