Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
From:	manni DOT heumann AT gmx DOT de (Manni Heumann)
Subject:	Re: DJGPP/GPP: can not open C++ [io]fstream in binary mode
References:	<Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 1000119120752 DOT 9609Y-100000 AT is>
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Date:	Wed, 19 Jan 2000 13:29:38 GMT
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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In article <Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 1000119120752 DOT 9609Y-100000 AT is>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com wrote:
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>On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Leonid Pauzner wrote:
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>> I can not open fstream in BINARY mode,
>> e.g. I got zero size file from the sample program below.
>
>Does section 9.3 of the FAQ help?

I don't think it does, Eli. And I don't think it should, either.

The code of the original poster showed a mistake that is very common. 
Just like the questions that pop up in other newsgroups that deal with C++.
Maybe all these people all read the same bad book.


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Manni

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