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From: pfalstad@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Paul John Falstad)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: C file access question
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Date: 14 Sep 90 06:39:52 GMT
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In article <28@screamer.csee.usf.edu> stelmack@screamer.csee.usf.edu (Gregory M. Stelmack) writes:
>db = fopen("dd.data","rb+"); /* db is checked to make sure file opened */

Try this:

 db = fopen("dd.data","r+b");

With that fix, your program works fine on the Sun here.

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