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From: KINGLEON%HUMBER.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.EDU (Leon King)
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Subject: File input problem
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Date: Sun, 28-Jun-87 12:04:36 EDT
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Frustrating problem with code that worked before:

I'm using VAX C on a 750.  I'm trying to read in a sequential file with
varying length records, maximum  size 3600.  The first 5 records are 360
bytes, the next 12 are 1800 (until byte 21632) and 3600 bytes per record
thereafter.  File attribute is carriage control.
I open the file as follows

           fopen(landsat,"landsat.fil","r")

and use    fread(buffer,1,3800,landsat)

Problem: Past byte 1800 nothing will be read in.  fread returns a
         bytecount of zero.  The contents of the file are there,
         (verified using DUMP) but I can't seem to get at it.

Any insights??

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