Date:	Sun, 15 Aug 1999 14:03:58 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Bas Hamstra <bas DOT hamstra AT wxs DOT nl>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: length of file (baffling me)
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On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, Bas Hamstra wrote:

> >If you would have read the documentation on the filelength function, you
> would
> >have discovered that it takes an argument of a filedescriptor, and you
> can't just
> >cast a FILE* to an int and hope it works.  The docs clearly say to use the
> fileno
> >macro.
> >
> >printf("File length: %i", filelength(fileno(fp)));
> 
> Man, can''t you try to be a bit more friendly? Be nice! Just answer the
> question and don't go "if you had done this, you would have known that".

I don't see anything wrong in pointing out that the information is in the 
docs that you should have read before posting a question.  Everybody 
should read the docs before asking for help.  Please try doing that in 
the future.

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