Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 19:27:24 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: read a file backwards
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On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Chris Smith wrote:

> I am working on a small encryption utility program. At one point in the
> program I need to be able to read a file backwards. Have I missed
> something specific about djgpp, or have I just over looked the obvious?

Instead of reading the file backwards, simply read it all into memory and 
then you can process it forward, backwards, or in any other order you like.

Remember: with DJGPP, you can all but forget about memory limitations, 
unless the file in question is many MBytes in size.