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From: Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU
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Subject: Re: Problem with disk full in programs compiled with Turbo-C
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Date: 27 Mar 90 13:49:28 GMT
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Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science
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In article <5705@ncsugn.ncsu.edu>, emigh@ncsugn.ncsu.edu (Ted H. Emigh) wrote:
}I am using Turbo-C (Version 2.0), and am having trouble determining if the
}disk is full.  I have tried the obvious (at least to me obvious):
}1)      Code fragment:
}        result=fprintf(...)
}        if(result==EOF) { do something}
}
}        result always returns the number of characters -- even if the disk
}        is full.  There is disk activity, but nothing is written (obviously).
}
}2)      Code fragment:
}        harderr(hardware_handler);
}
}        This routine is never called for disk full.  It functions OK for write-
}        protect and disk not ready, but not for disk full.

Try
       fprintf(file,...) ;
       if (ferror(file))
	  { do something }

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