Thread: how can my program tell how many bytes are remaining in a file?

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    how can my program tell how many bytes are remaining in a file?

    while bytesremaining >=8 do something;
    if bytesremaing <8 then something else
    I am sorry but I am new and don't know how to code for this.
    Thanks

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    You shouldn't need to. The functions you're calling to read data from the file (fread, fgets, getc) will tell you whether there is no input left in the file. If you're reading chunks, each eight bytes long, then I suggest looking into fread.

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    size_t fread(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, FILE *stream);
    You set size to 1, and nmemb to 8.
    You look at the return result to see how many bytes you actually read.
    You then do your if / else thing.
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