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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Reading "leftover" chunks from files
Date: 1999/08/20
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In article <37BCD2F1.E0AECF04@Think.So>,
  Matthew <I.Dont@Think.So> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> This is a "what's the best way of doing this" question.
>
> I want to read in a file so that I can get fixed-length chunks
of data
> backwards, and also read in whatever data (smaller than the
chunk size)
> is left behind at the end of the file.

Direct_IO and Sequential_IO are NEVER appropriate for this kind
of job, since they output data in implementation dependent form.
Always use stream_io for a task like this, and then you have
complete control over what you read, and from where you read
it in the file.


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