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| From | Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c++ |
| Subject | Re: How to fread ((void *)header, sizeof (struct Sheader), 1, file); in C++ |
| Date | 2011-07-16 11:30 +1200 |
| Message-ID | <98c0ujFv3qU3@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <b6cebe9c-fb96-43b7-836e-95b85ca6f03b@q17g2000vby.googlegroups.com> |
On 07/16/11 10:36 AM, Hetware wrote:
> I have some ancient c code that reads files stored in raw binary
> format. The first 216 bytes are to be read into an instance of:
>
> struct Sheader
> {
> long attr_start;
> long form_start;
> short fsize;
> short attr_size;
> short lastfieldidx;
> short num_inputs;
> char oldheader[200];
> };
>
> The way the C code does this is by fread ((void *)header, sizeof
> (struct Sheader), 1, file); Is there a better way to do this in C++?
Not really (but you don't need 'struct" in there), it's awful in C and
it will still be awful in C++!
--
Ian Collins
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How to fread ((void *)header, sizeof (struct Sheader), 1, file); in C++ Hetware <fjolsvit@gmail.com> - 2011-07-15 15:36 -0700
Re: How to fread ((void *)header, sizeof (struct Sheader), 1, file); in C++ Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-16 11:30 +1200
Re: How to fread ((void *)header, sizeof (struct Sheader), 1, file); in C++ Hetware <fjolsvit@gmail.com> - 2011-07-15 17:23 -0700
Re: How to fread ((void *)header, sizeof (struct Sheader), 1, file); in C++ Hetware <fjolsvit@gmail.com> - 2011-07-15 17:58 -0700
Re: How to fread ((void *)header, sizeof (struct Sheader), 1, file); in C++ Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-16 13:18 +1200
Re: How to fread ((void *)header, sizeof (struct Sheader), 1, file); in C++ Hetware <fjolsvit@gmail.com> - 2011-07-15 18:37 -0700
Re: How to fread ((void *)header, sizeof (struct Sheader), 1, file); in C++ gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2011-08-10 03:00 -0700
Re: How to fread ((void *)header, sizeof (struct Sheader), 1, file); in C++ Arvind <bharti.arvind@gmail.com> - 2011-07-15 20:39 -0700
Re: How to fread ((void *)header, sizeof (struct Sheader), 1, file); in C++ Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-07-16 13:49 +0100
Re: How to fread ((void *)header, sizeof (struct Sheader), 1, file); in C++ Todd Carnes <toddcarnes@gmail.com> - 2011-07-16 13:17 +0000
Re: How to fread ((void *)header, sizeof (struct Sheader), 1, file); in C++ Paul N <gw7rib@aol.com> - 2011-07-16 09:51 -0700
Re: How to fread ((void *)header, sizeof (struct Sheader), 1, file); in C++ Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2011-07-16 12:16 -0500
Re: How to fread ((void *)header, sizeof (struct Sheader), 1, file); in C++ Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2011-07-16 03:46 -0500
Re: How to fread ((void *)header, sizeof (struct Sheader), 1, file); in C++ Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-07-17 13:46 +0000
Re: How to fread ((void *)header, sizeof (struct Sheader), 1, file); in C++ Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2011-07-17 12:51 -0500
Re: How to fread ((void *)header, sizeof (struct Sheader), 1, file); in C++ Krice <paulkp@mbnet.fi> - 2011-07-16 02:44 -0700
Re: How to fread ((void *)header, sizeof (struct Sheader), 1, file); in C++ hanukas <jukka@liimatta.org> - 2011-07-17 11:32 -0700
Re: How to fread ((void *)header, sizeof (struct Sheader), 1, file); in C++ Hetware <fjolsvit@gmail.com> - 2011-08-01 09:18 -0700
Re: How to fread ((void *)header, sizeof (struct Sheader), 1, file); in C++ Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-08-01 20:17 +0000
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