Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/03/10/15:14:15
On 9 Mar 1997, Jeffrey A Studer wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am very new to djgpp so pardon my ignorance. I have been opening and
> trying to read a file using open, and read. I was wondering if there is a
> maximum size of file that can be opened or read from. it seems that
> reading 40 bytes from a file at once, occasionally gives a SIGSEGV fault at
> runtime ( I wish i knew what these runtime error messages meant, as well.
> Is there a FAQ on DOS error messages? ). I WAS trying to read a minimum of
> 280 bytes, in one pass. I will resort to reading 4 bytes at a time ,
> unless someone can assist me.
>
It sounds to me like you are trying to read data into an uninitialized
pointer (works OK with 4 bytes - the size of a pointer - but not with
more). But I would have to see your code to tell you for sure.
David May
ID Card Adminstrator
Albuquerque TVI
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