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From: jdn@homxc.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: FILE I/O
Message-ID: <2064@homxc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 9-Nov-87 11:21:38 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov  9 11:21:38 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 11-Nov-87 23:32:05 EST
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Keywords: C, Fseek, fseek

In article <2862@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>, braner@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (braner) writes:
> 
> The raw GEMDOS functions are faster (due to
> no buffering) but you should set up your own buffering.  

I don't quite understand this.  If I have to do my own buffering with
Fread, while fread does the buffering for me, then the fread call
appears easier to use.  And since the application has to buffer Fread
calls itself, any speed advantage of Fread (due to no buffering!) is
negated. So I can see no advantage to the Fread.

From your posting, I gather that you use the capital F's rather than the
small f's.  Moshe, could you please clarify this.


Jonathan Nagy
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