From:	"Campbell, Rolf [SKY:1U32:EXCH]" <moscoop AT americasm01 DOT nt DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Question of fprintf...
Date:	Fri, 10 Mar 2000 12:12:28 -0500
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David Cleaver wrote:

> So, my question is,
> how do I print the "backspace character" (ie, '\0x8')?  I've already tried
> putting '\0x8' in place of the string, but the djgpp compiler complained about
> that, so, I was wondering if someone could tell me how I can backspace over that
> already provided '\n' (new-line character)?  Any help you can give will be
> greatly appreciated.  Have a nice day!  :)

You cannot 'backspace' in a file.  Printing '\x08' in the file will add an extra
byte after the new-line.
If you want to overwrite the new-line, look up fseek.

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(\/) Rolf Campbell (\/)

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