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From: paquette@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Trevor Paquette)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: xdr_char() routine
Keywords: Software
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Date: 8 Mar 89 22:28:52 GMT
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I am currently writing a program that must use the xdr routines for
reading and wrinting data. I have however come across a small drawback.
One of the machines that I am proting the code to (Iris 3020) does not
have xdr_char() in it's libraries. My question then is this:

How can I emulate xdr_char() with the other xdr routines?  I have tried
the following but it core dumps in me..

xdr_char(xdrs, ch)
XDR *xdrs;
char *ch;
{
 char t[2];
 int ret;

 if(xdrs -> x_op == XDR_ENCODE)
   {
    t[0] = *ch;
    t[1] = 0;
    ret = xdr_string(xdrs, t, 1);
   }
 else
   {
    ret = xdr_string(xdrs, t, 1);
    *ch = t[0];
   }
 return(ret);
}

               Trevor Paquette/GraphicsLand, Calgary, Alberta                 
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