Subj : Re: newbie question [C language]
To   : comp.programming
From : osmium
Date : Thu Jun 30 2005 07:08 am

"Fred_NacH" writes:

> I was wondering, how to retrieve the size/length of a file by only using 
> the ansi functions...

This one often causes a lot of controversy, some people say there is a 
(usually unnamed) system on which it won't work or at least there *could 
have been* a system on which it wouldn't work if such a system had been 
built.

Open the file in *binary* mode, seek to end of file, and use ftell() to see 
where you are.  If you like acrimony and pedantry, look around on Usenet for 
these discussions which flare up from time to time.

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