X-Authentication-Warning:	delorie.com: mail set sender to djgpp-bounces using -f
From:	"arizvi" <ahmadwaris AT hotmail DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Problems with read
Date:	23 May 2005 11:59:00 -0700
Organization:	http://groups.google.com
Lines:	12
Message-ID:	<1116874740.697631.74130@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>
References:	<1116873108 DOT 011235 DOT 255970 AT g43g2000cwa DOT googlegroups DOT com>
	<200505231848 DOT j4NIm08Q021874 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com>
NNTP-Posting-Host:	66.245.99.113
Mime-Version:	1.0
X-Trace:	posting.google.com 1116874746 5945 127.0.0.1 (23 May 2005 18:59:06 GMT)
X-Complaints-To:	groups-abuse AT google DOT com
NNTP-Posting-Date:	Mon, 23 May 2005 18:59:06 +0000 (UTC)
User-Agent:	G2/0.2
Complaints-To:	groups-abuse AT google DOT com
Injection-Info:	o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=66.245.99.113;
	posting-account=Se-Idg0AAAC00LEpjdiQS7ZeyWGDYpCA
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
DJ-Gateway:	from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Reply-To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com

Hi DJ,

It works now, as you said. For my understanding, why did it not work
earlier? Does the read call not 'default' to binary mode? What was at
work here to prevent read from returning the full length requested.

Thanks,
Ahmad

> DJ Delorie wrote:
> Common problem.  Open the file in binary mode (O_BINARY).

- Raw text -