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From: a665@mindlink.UUCP (Anthon Pang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Wanted: Filelength() function
Message-ID: <2671@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jul 90 03:43:44 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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I don't think there's a function that returns the filelength of a file, with
AmigaDOS.  But I need an equivalent...how do you determine the length of a file
given only the file handle (eg from an Open)?  There must be a way to find the
associated file lock, as one is created when the file is opened (shared /
exclusive)...right?  Then you can Examine the FileInfoBlock and get the file's
length from the fibSize field.

    ie    size_t  filelength(int handle)

I want a function that doesn't require knowing the filename...or do I need 2.0?

Thanks.