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From: reg@vaxine.UUCP (Rick Genter)
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Subject: Request for information on Berkeley Pascal
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Date: Wed, 21-Dec-83 09:52:19 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 21 09:52:19 1983
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Organization: Automatix Inc., Billerica, MA
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     Has anyone modified the Berkeley Pascal compiler to add the built-in
procedure SEEK as exists in, say, UCSD Pascal?  I find it difficult to deal
with random access files of varying file types as it stands now (having to
write a separate seek routine for each type of file and not knowing the
internal structure of a FILE variable in Berkeley Pascal make it a royal pain,
one for which I do not have the time).

     Thanks for any help you can give me.

                                        Rick Genter
                                        Automatix Inc.
                                        1000 Tech Park Drive
                                        Billerica MA  01821
                                        ...!linus!vaxine!reg

P.S. We are running 4.2BSD - the compiler seems different than 4.1BSD, though
neither have the SEEK that I want.      -Rick