From: "Eric" <eric AT replytogroup DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Files fread() in and fread() out get garbled
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 00:32:15 -0000
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"J. L."

> [snip code]
>
> I see this message also in clc. There are 1 useful advice from Jim
> <sorry AT not DOT com> about your split function.
>
> [snipet reproduced from clc]
>
> >>        unit = FLOPPY_CAPACITY;
> >>
>
> > {
> char *tbuffer = buffer;
> >>        while (size) {
> >>                *fname = *name++;
> >>              f = fopen(fname, "wb");
> >>                if (f == NULL) {
> >>                        error(FILE_IO);
> >>                }
> >>                puts("Writing...");
>
> >>            -    bytes = fwrite(buffer, 1, unit, f);
>      + bytes = fwrite(tbuffer, 1, unit, f)
>      +  tbuffer += FLOPPY_CAPACITY;
>
> You are allways writing to yours *n* diskettes the same first
> FLOPPY_CAPACITY bytes of file to split. Change the code acording Jim's
> advice.

Oops. I see what you mean. But I didn't quite understand Jim's post, so
thanks for clearing that up for me.

Eric