Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 21:12:33 +0200
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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> From: Ilya Surdin <surdin AT aquanet DOT co DOT il>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 17:14:55 GMT
> 
>   I'm sure that this question is being asked alot

No, it isn't.

> when using the io.h file funtions, how do I know whether I've
> reached the eof?

Please explain more.  What functions from io.h did you have in mind,
specifically?

In general, when you try to read a file past its end, you get an error
indication from the function which reads the file.  You cannot know
whether you are at the end of the file beforehand, unless you compare
the file pointer with the file size, and assume that no other program
is writing to the file at the same time.