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| From | Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: how can i find the size of a binary file |
| Date | 2011-11-13 02:47 +0000 |
| Message-Id | <pan.2011.11.13.02.47.41.169000@nowhere.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| References | <j9k4i8$tah$1@speranza.aioe.org> <lnfwhu71v9.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org> |
| Organization | Zen Internet |
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:03:54 -0800, Keith Thompson wrote:
> An implementation is allowed to treat a
> binary file as if it had some implementation-defined number of null bytes
> append to it (C99 7.19.2p3), though I don't know of any implementations
> that actually do that.
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). Binary files need their own
mechanism for determining where the data ends and the padding begins.
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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
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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
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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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