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From: lampi@pnet02.gryphon.com (Michael Lampi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: ms_$mapl and fseek/fread
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Date: 25 Oct 89 19:00:12 GMT
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The problem with trying to read a file created via ms_$mapl calls using fseek
and fread calls is that the file type is 'nil', and the streams manager/IOS
doesn't know quite what to do with the fseek or fread call. I suggest that you
either create the file with stdio calls or re-implement fseek/fread so they
can read both nil and 'normal' filetypes. (This is not as hard as it seems on
Apollo systems, since you can layer calls atop the system libraries and call
a user-written routine that decides whether or not to call the system routine.
See the -INLIB option switch of the binder for further info, or give me a
call.)

Michael Lampi
MDL Corporation  (213) 782-7888

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