From: "Edmund Horner" <ejrh AT paradise DOT net DOT nz>
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Subject: Re: GPF when reading or writing files larger than a certain size
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It'll be due to where you get your buffer from.  How big is your buffer?  If
you haven't actually allocated enough (or any) space for it, then the limits
your getting are probably where the actual memory given your program runs
out.

"Paul Vanukoff" <vanukoff AT primenet DOT com> wrote in message
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> Ah ... never mind. I am using fread() and fwrite() now. Works much better.
> Still if someone has an answer, I wouldn't mind knowing. Thanks.
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> Paul Vanukoff
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