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Re: Problems reading binary files - pointer at 4096 gives EOF [message #19470]

Thu, 23 March 2000 00:00

Martin Schultz
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Registered: August 1997

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David Fanning wrote:

> P.S. Just for the record, on Windows machines reading
> binary data, the EOF function can cause weird file pointer
> errors. The work-around is to add the /BINARY keyword to
> the OPENR statement.
>

... and for the sake of platform independent programming, even Unixers
should
add this keyword (it doesn't hurt). And don't forget to include it if
you are opening F77_UNFORMATTED files.

Martin
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		Re: Problems reading binary files - pointer at 4096 gives EOF By: Martin Schultz on Thu, 23 March 2000 00:00
		Re: Problems reading binary files - pointer at 4096 gives EOF By: davidf on Wed, 22 March 2000 00:00
		Re: Problems reading binary files - pointer at 4096 gives EOF By: davidf on Wed, 22 March 2000 00:00
		Re: Problems reading binary files - pointer at 4096 gives EOF By: Liam E. Gumley on Wed, 22 March 2000 00:00
		Re: Problems reading binary files - pointer at 4096 gives EOF By: davidf on Wed, 22 March 2000 00:00

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