From: fjh@cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson) Subject: Re: unexpected behavior of read() under win95 24 Jan 1998 22:15:15 -0800 Message-ID: <19980125165121.16963.cygnus.gnu-win32@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU> References: <199801230406.VAA17577@taussky.cs.colorado.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: Sebastian Kuzminsky Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com On 22-Jan-1998, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > file_fd = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY); If you want the return values of read() match the number of characters you asked for, you need to open the file in binary mode, using O_BINARY: file_fd = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY | O_BINARY); (The exception is that if your file system is mounted in text=binary mode, then O_BINARY is the default.) For text mode opens, read() is stripping out \r's. -- Fergus Henderson | "I have always known that the pursuit WWW: | of excellence is a lethal habit" PGP: finger fjh@128.250.37.3 | -- the last words of T. S. Garp. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".