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From: trier@cwlim.INS.CWRU.Edu (Stephen C. Trier)
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Subject: Re: Fastest dump to disk?
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Date: 18 Feb 91 15:07:44 GMT
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Since you are using Turbo C, use _open, _write, and _close.  _write is
a direct call to MS-DOS's "write" function call.  That's about as fast
as you can get.

If you _must_ use open, write, and close, be sure to do so in binary
mode.  It can be substantially faster than text mode, since it eliminates
a lot of buffer-scanning.  _open, _write, and _close automatically use
binary mode.  (It's inherent in their function.)

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Stephen Trier                              Case Western Reserve University
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