From: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
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Subject: Re: file max sizes?
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 00:18:02 -0600
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On 9 Mar 1997, Jeffrey A Studer wrote:

Errr, are you opening in binary mode?  Are you setting the properly sized
buffer?

> Hello all,
> 
> I am very new to djgpp so pardon my ignorance.   I have been opening and
> trying to read a file using open, and read.  I was wondering if there is a
> maximum size of file that can be opened or read from.  it seems that
> reading 40 bytes from a file at once, occasionally gives a SIGSEGV fault at
> runtime ( I wish i knew what these runtime error messages meant, as well. 
> Is there a FAQ on DOS error messages? ).  I WAS trying to read a minimum of
> 280 bytes, in one pass.  I will resort to reading 4 bytes at a time ,
> unless someone can assist me.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> -Jeff
> 
> 
> 

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