Re: newbie question [C language]

On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 08:08:06 -0500, osmium wrote
(in article <3ii95nFlnl7mU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):

> "Fred_NacH" writes:
>
>> I was wondering, how to retrieve the size/length of a file by only using
>> the ansi functions...
>
> This one often causes a lot of controversy, some people say there is a
> (usually unnamed) system on which it won't work or at least there *could
> have been* a system on which it wouldn't work if such a system had been
> built.
>
> Open the file in *binary* mode, seek to end of file, and use ftell() to see
> where you are. If you like acrimony and pedantry, look around on Usenet for
> these discussions which flare up from time to time.

I wonder if you have ever tried it on fat binaries under OS X.
I suspect not.


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Randy Howard (2reply remove FOOBAR)

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