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- /*
- (C) 1995-96 AROS - The Amiga Replacement OS
- $Id: readbyte.c,v 1.5 1997/01/27 00:16:38 ldp Exp $
-
- Desc: Read a big endian byte from a file
- Lang: english
- */
- #include <proto/dos.h>
-
- /******************************************************************************
-
- NAME */
- #include <stdio.h>
- #include <proto/alib.h>
-
- BOOL ReadByte (
-
- /* SYNOPSIS */
- BPTR fh,
- UBYTE * dataptr)
-
- /* FUNCTION
- Reads one big endian 8bit value from a file.
-
- INPUTS
- fh - Read from this file
- data - Put the data here
-
- RESULT
- The function returns TRUE on success. On success, the value
- read is written into dataptr. On failure, FALSE is returned and the
- contents of dataptr are not changed.
-
- NOTES
- This function reads big endian values from a file even on little
- endian machines.
-
- EXAMPLE
-
- BUGS
-
- SEE ALSO
- Open(), Close(), ReadWord(), ReadLong(), ReadFloat(),
- ReadDouble(), ReadString(), WriteByte(), WriteWord(), WriteLong(),
- WriteFloat(), WriteDouble(), WriteString()
-
- HISTORY
- 14.09.93 ada created
-
- ******************************************************************************/
- {
- LONG value;
-
- value = FGetC (fh);
-
- if (value != EOF)
- {
- *dataptr = value;
- }
-
- return (value != EOF);
- } /* ReadByte */
-
-