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From: dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
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Subject: Re: Portable way to read/write from a binary file?
Date: 15 Sep 1994 13:08:14 -0400
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Date: 1994-09-15T13:08:14-04:00
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There is a set of C/Unix/ANSIC routines (some intersection) that is VERY
portable, as portable as anything else. The GNU porting guide (perhaps Richard
can give a better reference) has details on what can typically be counted on.