Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 10:38:50 +0100
From: Laszlo Molnar <laszlo DOT molnar AT eth DOT ericsson DOT se>
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: djgpp 2.02 + perl + glob
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In-Reply-To: <199901122305.SAA15583@envy.delorie.com>; from DJ Delorie on Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 06:05:45PM -0500
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> > The file pointer on the handle is updated of course.
> What do you mean "of course" ?  There is nothing in the FSEXT code
> that changes the file pointer.  Are you doing this yourself?  If so,

Yes, I use tell() before reading and lseek() after it. 

> you shouldn't.  You'll need to keep track of the pointer separately,
> as part of your buffer.

Ok, I understand now. However I liked the 2.01 version better, because
in that version the fsext handle worked just like a real file handle,
it took care about the file position. Sigh.

Laszlo