Does the header include a record size? On Mar 7, 2012 5:32 AM, "manoj mokashi" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sorry for always replying to the main thread, > i have not subscribed to the list, so my "in-reply-to" headers are not > correct. > > its more like a circular array i guess. > i needed to parse a binary file and look for 512 byte headers. > so i keep storing each byte in a 512 byte circular array and here i > have the last 512 bytes read, > which i check under certain conditions against the header pattern. > to match against the header pattern i would need to see if header[1] != 0 > etc. > hence the requirement for an efficient getLast( offset) method. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
