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Re: how can i find the size of a binary file

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Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> writes:
> On 2011-11-19, Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 08:44:32 +0100, jacob navia wrote:
>>
>>>> CP/M records the size of a file in sectors rather than in bytes. Text
>>>> files are terminated by a ^Z ('\x1a') character (and this behaviour
>>>> was inherited by DOS and then Windows).
>>> 
>>> This is not true at least for the last 20 years for MSDOS
>>> and windows...
>>
>> It remains true to this day.
>>
>> If you use fopen() to open a file in text mode (i.e. with the "t" flag, or
>
> You don't have to use the C library to see that there is a problem. Just
> use the utilities that come with Windows.
[snip]

No, but you do have to use the C library to show that there's a problem
that's relevant to the current discussion and to this newsgroup.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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how can i find the size of a binary file mark <nospam@nospam.com> - 2011-11-11 21:37 +0000
  Re: how can i find the size of a binary file John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-11-11 21:48 +0000
    Re: how can i find the size of a binary file mark <nospam@nospam.com> - 2011-11-11 21:53 +0000
      Re: how can i find the size of a binary file jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-11-11 23:00 +0100
      Re: how can i find the size of a binary file James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-11-11 17:20 -0500
        Re: how can i find the size of a binary file Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-11-11 15:15 -0800
        Re: how can i find the size of a binary file Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-12 12:43 +0200
      Re: how can i find the size of a binary file Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-11-11 14:25 -0800
  Re: how can i find the size of a binary file jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-11-11 22:59 +0100
    Re: how can i find the size of a binary file Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2011-11-11 17:46 -0800
      Re: how can i find the size of a binary file "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-11-14 18:18 +0100
        Re: how can i find the size of a binary file Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2011-11-14 20:55 -0800
  Re: how can i find the size of a binary file Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-11-11 14:03 -0800
    Re: how can i find the size of a binary file Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2011-11-11 17:46 -0800
      Re: how can i find the size of a binary file Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-14 01:21 -0800
        Re: how can i find the size of a binary file Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2011-11-14 20:55 -0800
          Re: how can i find the size of a binary file Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-15 00:41 -0800
            Re: how can i find the size of a binary file James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-11-15 06:53 -0500
    Re: how can i find the size of a binary file Vincenzo Mercuri <vincenzo.mercuri@yahoo.it> - 2011-11-13 02:23 +0100
    Re: how can i find the size of a binary file Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-11-13 02:47 +0000
      Re: how can i find the size of a binary file jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-11-13 08:44 +0100
        Re: how can i find the size of a binary file Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-11-13 12:31 +0000
        Re: how can i find the size of a binary file Roberto Waltman <usenet@rwaltman.com> - 2011-11-13 10:31 -0500
        Re: how can i find the size of a binary file Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-11-19 07:37 +0000
          Re: how can i find the size of a binary file Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-11-19 17:54 +0000
            Re: how can i find the size of a binary file Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2011-11-19 18:18 +0000
            Re: how can i find the size of a binary file Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-11-19 14:19 -0800
              Re: how can i find the size of a binary file Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-11-20 01:14 +0000
                Re: how can i find the size of a binary file Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-11-19 21:41 -0800
                Re: how can i find the size of a binary file Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-11-20 05:52 +0000
                Re: how can i find the size of a binary file Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-11-19 22:23 -0800
        Re: how can i find the size of a binary file David Thompson <dave.thompson2@verizon.net> - 2011-11-21 02:39 -0500
  Re: how can i find the size of a binary file blp@cs.stanford.edu (Ben Pfaff) - 2011-11-11 14:32 -0800
    Re: how can i find the size of a binary file Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2011-11-11 17:46 -0800
  Re: how can i find the size of a binary file Ike Naar <ike@sverige.freeshell.org> - 2011-11-11 22:41 +0000
  Re: how can i find the size of a binary file "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2011-11-13 12:32 +0000
    Re: how can i find the size of a binary file "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2011-11-13 14:56 +0000

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