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From: chasm@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Charles Marslett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Determining the length of a file on MS-DOS
Summary: Except for text files . . .
Message-ID: <5479@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>
Date: 11 Sep 88 19:55:41 GMT
References: <3734@swrinde.swri.edu> <11470037@hpsmtc1.HP.COM>
Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas
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In article <11470037@hpsmtc1.HP.COM>, swh@hpsmtc1.HP.COM (Steve Harrold) writes:
> Do a stat() call to get existence and size of a file without actually trying 
> to open() it.


But if you want to get the number of bytes it looks like it takes up (read
as a Unix compatible text file) you have to actually read it since it is bigger
on disk than in memory.

Such are the problems associated with compatibility...

Charles Marslett
chasm@killer.dallas.tx.us