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BBS: The Abacus * HST/DS * Potterville, MI
Date: 03-28-93 (17:22) Number: 48
From: BOB STOUT Refer#: 45
To: FRED COLE Recvd: NO
Subj: FINDING FILE LENGTH Conf: (36) C Language
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In a message of <Mar 26 20:09>, Fred Cole (1:231/50.4@fidonet.org) writes:
>I have a nasty habit of concatenating to the end of files and not paying
>attention to any ^Z chars that may be lurking about. Some editors are VERY
>unforgiving and I don't always remember to check before I save a file. Thank
>God for Peter Norton! May he live long and prosper. <g>
No need, use this from the next SNIPPETS:
/*
** STRIPEOF.C
**
** public domain demo by Bob Stout
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <io.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#define BUFSIZE 16384
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
char *buf;
if (2 > argc)
{
puts("Usage: STRIPEOF filename1 [...filenameN]");
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
if (NULL == (buf = malloc(BUFSIZE)))
{
puts("STRIPEOF internal failure");
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
while (--argc)
{
int fd;
size_t bytes;
int found = 0;
long zpos = 0L;
if (-1 == (fd = open(*(++argv), O_RDWR | O_BINARY)))
{
printf("Couldn't open %s\n", *argv);
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
while (0 < (bytes = read(fd, buf, BUFSIZE)))
{
int i;
for (i = 0; i < (int)bytes; ++i)
{
if (('Z' - 64) == buf[i])
{
found = 1;
zpos += i;
break;
}
}
if (found)
break;
zpos += bytes;
}
if (found)
chsize(fd, zpos);
}
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
--- QM v1.00
* Origin: MicroFirm : Down to the C in chips (1:106/2000.6)
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