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From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT gnu DOT org>
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Subject: Re: problem with saving struct to disk
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> From: KTrumpetsRule AT cs DOT com
> Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 18:00:56 EDT
> 
> I'm having a problem saving a struct to disk using DJGPP.  Normally I'd think 
> the problem was me but in view of the fact that it works under SOME 
> circumstances, I'm not sure.  Here's the details.
> [...]
>     ptr_file = fopen(filename, "w");

You should use binary I/O for this, since the struct may include
arbitrary bit patterns.  Instead of "w" use "wb".

>     ptr_file = fopen(filename, "r");

Same here: use "rb", not "r".