From: Tim <tssymanc AT ucalgary DOT ca>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Is this a bug with DJGPP? Pls Help.
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 11:14:47 -0700
Organization: The University of Calgary
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On 26 Oct 1998, Martin Stromberg wrote:

> Tim (tssymanc AT ucalgary DOT ca) wrote:
> : I2luY2x1ZGUgPGZzdHJlYW0uaD4NDQojaW5jbHVkZSA8aW9zdHJlYW0uaD4N
> : DQoNDQppbnQgbWFpbigpew0NCg0NCiAgICAgICAgY2hhciB0ZXh0WzI2XTsN
> 
> If you want feedback, post something readable.
> 
> Right,
> 
> 						MartinS

I don't know what happened, I can read both my post and attachment
perfectly... Anyhow I'll try this again. My problem is with the following
code, when I set number = 996546 the thing runs golden, but when number =
888888, the thing screws up, it reads back in the wrong number (It reads
back in something like -32000). I've tested the same code with CC and g++
and it worked fine with both. Anybody know why DJGPP is giving me the
grief? Did I do something wrong? Did I break some convention that I don't
know about?

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#include <fstream.h>
#include <iostream.h>

int main(){

        char text[26];
        int number;

        for(int x = 0; x < 25; x++)
                text[x] = (x % 10) + '0';
        text[25] = '\0';

        number = 888888;

        cout << "Before going through the file : " << endl;
        cout << text << endl;
        cout << number << endl;

        fstream file;

        file.open("data", ios::out);
        file.write(text, sizeof(text));
        file.write((char *) &number, sizeof(number));
        file.close();

        text[0] = 'N';  //  TO SHOW IF THE STUFF IS ACTUALLY GETTING READ
        text[1] = 'o';  //
        text[2] = 'p';  //
        text[3] = 'e';  //
        text[4] = '!';  //
        text[5] = '\0'; //
        number = 0;     //

        file.open("data", ios::in);
        file.read(text, sizeof(text));
        file.read((char *) &number, sizeof(int));
        file.close();

        cout << "After going through the file : " << endl;
        cout << text << endl;
        cout << number << endl;

        return(0);
        }
        

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Any help would be appreciated.

	Thanks,
	   -Tim