Re: file positioning

From: Marco Antoniotti <marcoxa_at_MOSAIC.CS.NYU.EDU>
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 95 16:50:05 EST

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   From: marcoxa_at_MOSAIC.CS.NYU.EDU (Marco Antoniotti)
   Subject: Re: file positioning
   Date: Mon, 6 Feb 95 14:13:18 EST

> 'fseek' does not exist in C. It is an OS feature.

   That's nonsense.

   `fseek' is a standard part of the Standard C run-time library, which
   should be present in all "hosted" implementations of C. If fseek
   isn't part of C, neither is printf or malloc.

> BTW I'm missing something like rewind() (in C) too.
>
> Same as above. 'rewind' is not a C function.

   Sure it is; it's defined on the same page of the standard as fseek()
   is.

   *Scheme* doesn't include random-access I/O in its standard run-time
   library, but C does.

I guess I owe a double apology for (double) waste of band width. I
should have thought a little longer before hiiting the keyboard.

With ashes on my head ... :(

Marco
Received on Mon Feb 06 1995 - 22:52:05 CET