Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19970714201438.006b5c88@dce03.ipt.br>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 17:14:38 -0300
To: asu1 AT cornell DOT edu, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Cesar Scarpini Rabak <csrabak AT dce03 DOT ipt DOT br>
Subject: Re: General protection fault because of modulus?
Precedence: bulk

At 17:48 09/07/97 -0400, A. Sinan Unur wrote:
>levity AT minn DOT net wrote:
>> 
>> I am writing a program for the purpous of learing how to read binary 
>> files.
>
>in general, it is not a good idea to read/write whole structures at
>once.

Why not? The host OS would not buffer data anyway?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cesar Scarpini Rabak                      E-mail: csrabak AT ipt DOT br
DME/ASC                                   Phone: 55-11-268-3522 Ext.350
IPT - Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnologicas Fax:   55-11-268-5996
Av. Prof. Almeida Prado, 532.  Sao Paulo - SP 05508-901 BRAZIL
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~