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From: rick@Jessica.stanford.edu (Rick Wong)
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Subject: Re: i.o. problem with MPW C
Keywords: MPW, C
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Date: 28 Mar 89 23:19:18 GMT
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In article <222@uw-apl.UUCP> keith@uw-apl.UUCP (Keith Kerr) writes:
>I've just started using MPW C, and I'm having a problem with
>very simple i/o.  I've tried several variations of the following
>program (which runs fine on UNIX), but without success.  The
>output file gets created, but upon completion it is either
>empty, or unreadable.  Any pointers as to what I'm doing 
>wrong would be helpful.
>

    [simple i/o program deleted]

Your program is indeed writing what you expect to the file.  The only
problem is that the Finder doesn't know it's a text file (and so it
appears unreadable to you).  All you have to do is execute the following
command to the shell after running your program:

    setfile -t 'TEXT' -c 'MPS ' "your file name" <cr> <backspace> <enter>

As far as I know, there's no "clean" way to set a file's type from within
your program (you have to use some File Manager calls (eeahgghhgh)).

Rick Wong
Stanford University
rick@jessica.stanford.edu