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LongFileSize Returns # of Items of Data File
LongFileSize(var DFile : file of <type>) : Real; [TP]
LongFileSize(var UFile : file) : Real; [TP]
Returns the number of records in the file accessed by the file
variable DFile or UFile. This function can be used for MS-DOS files
that are so large that there are more than (MAXINT + 1) records.
DFile A data file.
<type> Any type except a file type.
UFile An untyped file.
Note: See FileSize for a function that will return the
number of records for files that have (MAXINT + 1)
records or less. (MAXINT = 32767).
-------------------------------- Example ---------------------------------
X := LongFileSize(DFile); { X = # of records }
See Also:
FileSize
LongFilePos
LongSeek
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