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From: dslg0849@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Daniel S. Lewart)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Blockread/write problem
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Date: 29 Aug 90 12:30:53 GMT
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S89405079%HSEPM1.HSE.NL@vm1.nodak.edu writes:

>1. When I run this program, I don't get the whole file copied (I miss several
>   bytes).
>
>   FILE.1  TEMP   missing bytes:
>   7056    7040    16
>   6899    6784    115
>   6296    6272    24
>   3040    2944    96
>
>   Does anybody have the solution for this *irritating* problem <>

Notice that all the TEMP sizes are multiples of 128, the default record size.
Try reset(fil1,1) instead.

>2. When I reset a read-only file, why does TurboPascal then say that it is
>   impossible to open the file<>

My guess is that this is an 'undocumented feature' (aka bug).

Daniel Lewart
d-lewart@uiuc.edu