Thread: Writing to a Binary File

well open the file in binary mode

Code:

fopen("filename","wb");

where WB means Write mode and Binary mode... (if i am right)

Originally Posted by nonpuz

using fseek.

What are you talking about? Fseek doesn't write anything, binary or text. You write the same way for both file types. However, the end result may vary depending on how you open it. I say may, because on unix systems, there is no difference between binary and ascii according to the man pages:

The mode string can also include the letter ``b'' either
as a third character or as a character between the charac-
ters in any of the two-character strings described above.
This is strictly for compatibility with ANSI C3.159-1989
(``ANSI C'') and has no effect; the ``b'' is ignored.

So it is possible that fseek behaves differently when you use it, depending on mode.

Quzah.