From: tmoran@bix.com
Subject: Re: Reading "leftover" chunks from files
Date: 1999/08/20
Date: 1999-08-20T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <svhv3.213$36.49923@typhoon-sf.snfc21.pbi.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7pjlfa$o45$1@nnrp1.deja.com
>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.
Don't forget that for streams "complete control" also means
"responsibility", since the default 'Read and 'Write are
implementation dependent and may or may not do what you
want or expect.
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1999-08-20 0:00 Reading "leftover" chunks from files Matthew
1999-08-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-20 0:00 ` tmoran [this message]
1999-08-20 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-08-20 0:00 ` Matthew
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