On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Jeremy Wadsack wrote:
>
> Properly, if you open a file as binary and
> process if until eof, then the system should not let you process beyond the end
> of it.
Well, that's what I assumed. But in which case, I can't understand what
the point of CTRL-Z is. Why do text files terminate at CTRL-Z, if there's
some other later termination point, which isn't a CTRL-Z? Why have two
termination markers? Is it some sort of DOS hangover?
--
Stephen Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~sret1/
Statistical Laboratory, 16 Mill Lane, Cambridge CB2 1SB, England
"Ad infinitum, if not ad nauseam." (Interviewee, BBC Radio 4)
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