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From: fang@physics.phy.duke.edu (Fang Zhong)
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Subject: Import Binary Date File from PC
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Date: 6 Feb 91 06:51:06 GMT
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	I use a PC to automate my experiment. I store my data on the PC in
binary format as:


>	fp = fopen(filename, "ab"); 
>		fwrite(&data, sizeof(float), 1,fp); 
>	fclose(fp);

I can use:

>	fread(&data, sizeof(float), 1, fp);

to read the data back on PC.  I plot my data with Igor on Mac. However, if
I use the same line

>	fread(&data, sizeof(float), 1, fp);

to read the data on Mac after the data has been imported via "default
translation" of Apple File Exchange, I get garbage.  The same is true when
I generate binary data on Mac and read it back on PC.  This problem exits
regardless which mode I use in AFE.

	Can some experts on the network point out what I didn't right?
	Thanks in advance.




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