From: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: Problem with files reading
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 12:34:44 -0300
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Crousto wrote:

> Hi all,
> I've got a little problem with reading files with the file.get function.
> I'd like to disable the carriage returns, form feed,... for reading a
> list of single-byte datas. The problem is that if I use file.get on a
> file like this : 0D FF , I'll get FF because 0D is an escape character,
> even with file.unsetf(ios::skipws). But I need to get only 0D, not as
> the escape char but as the 13 integer. Anyone got a solution? Thanks in
> advance...

    Yes, I have a solution.  When you are opening your file, do something
like this:

fstream File;
File.open("whatever.dat", ios::in | ios::binary);

    Just add "| ios::binary" to the end of the line in-which you open the
file.

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