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Subject: Re: Concatenating files
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On 19 Sep., 23:33, mhamel...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hello c.l.a.  I have a storage system for a program of mine that uses
> two files for each object - a text header file via text_io and a data
> file via sequential_io.  I am wondering if there is an elegant way to
> put the contents of these two files into one.  The textual header bit
> is fixed size/length.  Any ideas?  ObjectAda 95 on NT.

Do you also need to keep both files separately ?
If no, you can use the Append_File mode when writing the binary data
immediately at the end of the first one.
If yes, I would prefer a straightforward way which doesn't use much
memory even if the files are big: use Sequential_IO to read Size(T)
bytes
of the text file T and write into mixed file M, then read Size(D)
bytes
of the data file D and write them into M.
It's portable, endian-proof, etc. ...
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