From:	ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se (Martin Str|mberg)
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Subject:	Re: ios::binary ignored by GCC - HELP!
Date:	7 Nov 1998 11:49:51 GMT
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sl (sl AT psycode DOT com DOT REMOVE_THIS) wrote:
: 	But then what happens when/if I try to write "int" to the file? All
: it really requires is two bytes, but GCC writes it out as its text

No. In DJGPP an int is four bytes.

: counterpart for some reason..

You mean "printf("%d", 7);" prints text? That is what it's supposed to
do. You probably want to use write() and friends if it's binary data
you want.


Pettersson, Symphony No. 13,

							MartinS

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