Re: Determining EOF using fseek()?

From	John Gordon <gordon@panix.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Determining EOF using fseek()?
Date	2011-06-30 03:55 +0000
Organization	PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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In <iugksq$4ev$1@dont-email.me> Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> writes:

> > while ((a = fseek(fp,0,SEEK_CUR)) == 0){

>      The fseek() here looks a lot like a no-op: "Go to the position
> zero bytes distant from the current position (i.e., go to Right Here),
> and tell me if you couldn't get there."  What were you expecting it
> to do?  And why?

I think he's trying to use it as a roundabout substitute for feof().

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Determining EOF using fseek()? Orion <won@bigpond.net.au> - 2011-06-29 21:36 +0000
  Re: Determining EOF using fseek()? John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-06-29 21:46 +0000
  Re: Determining EOF using fseek()? Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-06-29 21:51 -0400
    Re: Determining EOF using fseek()? John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-06-30 03:55 +0000
  Re: Determining EOF using fseek()? David Thompson <dave.thompson2@verizon.net> - 2011-07-11 00:26 -0400
  Re: Determining EOF using fseek()? Squeamizh <squeamz@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-10 23:40 -0700
    Re: Determining EOF using fseek()? Uno <merrilljensen@q.com> - 2011-07-16 23:21 -0700

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