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> From: Jason Green <mail AT jgreen4 DOT fsnet DOT co DOT uk>
> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 23:45:28 +0100
>
> AFAICT, fseek() only fails when seeking to before the start of file.

`fseek' fails when `lseek' fails.

> fread(), in effect, never fails.  It just returns less bytes than you
> asked for ;-).

No, `fread' also fails when `_filbuf' (which actually reads) fails.
Try reading from a file on a floppy and remove the floppy half way
through, for example.

> I suspect if ferror() returns true then errno will have some
> meaningful value.

No, `ferror' doesn't set errno at all.