Hi,

I'm using the function open() in a DOS program in the
following way:  

    int fp;
    fp=open(Filename,O_BINARY | O_RDONLY);

What I need to do is to open the binary files in the same
way as text files, just like the DOS editor does. The above
statement opens text files just fine, but reads garbage from
any binary files (using read()). Any suggestions?

B.) wrote in comp.lang.c:

=>Hi,

=>I'm using the function open() in a DOS program in the
=>following way:  
=>
=>    int fp;
=>    fp=open(Filename,O_BINARY | O_RDONLY);

=>What I need to do is to open the binary files in the same
=>way as text files, just like the DOS editor does. The above
=>statement opens text files just fine, but reads garbage from
=>any binary files (using read()). Any suggestions?

open() is not ISO C and is implementation specific. Use fopen(). Then
use fread(). open() under MSVC does not offer any significant
advantage over using real C.

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