From bug-request at octave dot org Tue Nov 30 07:51:50 2004
Subject: Re: fseek: return status instead of stopping with an error
From: "John W. Eaton" <jwe at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu>
To: Alois Schloegl <alois dot schloegl at tugraz dot at>
Cc: bug at octave dot org
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 08:52:52 -0500

On 30-Nov-2004, Alois Schloegl <alois dot schloegl at tugraz dot at> wrote:

| How about checking the size of the file during FOPEN? And saving the 
| size somewhere within the file handle.
| FSEEK should be able to access this size field, and it check whether the 
| file handle points beyond the end-of-file.
| This would eliminate the need of up to three rep->seek's within fseek. 

I don't think that would be reliable.  The file could change size
after it is opened.

jwe



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