Re: binary files in C++

["jeff roth" <jefjay@hotmail.com>]

I don't see anything wrong with your program but I remember writing a 
program that delt with binary information and there was a character that it 
would hit that would move the pointer back (four characters or four bits?? I 
don't remember) and then read on correctly. Unfortunatly I don't remember 
what I did to fix it. I would suggest trying to read and write using a 
different type, possibly a byte type or a full Unsigned Word or Unsigned 
Short (if you're scanning for a certain value you should still be able to do 
that easily with a byte.

Jeff



Help! I'm trying to modify a binary file, and I've degraded to simply
trying to copy it using fwrite in string.h.  It run and spits out a
slightly different binary file.  Can anybody find anything worng with this
rough-up of my prog?

int main{
filepointer infile(infilename, rb), outfile(outfilename, wb)
fread( char *buffer, size, file_length, infile)
fwrite(buffer, size, file_lenght, outfile)

thanks in advance,
	Matt


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