Subject: Re: Need help with c!
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From: Francis Glassborow <francis AT robinton DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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In article <clcm-19990123-0009 AT plethora DOT net>, Marp <Marp AT 0 DOT 0 DOT 0 DOT 0> writes
>Get rid of the word static in front of FILE *fptr because that should be
>able to change as you work with the file. If it can't change it won't work
>properly.

!! I think you are confusing static (provide internal linkage for the
identifier in the following file scope declaration) with const, meaning
make the following read only.



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