Re: Re: Searching MS Word Docs

Sorry B.A.T, Alain's quote is taken directly from http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php Using/not "b" does make a difference under Windows - haven't tested it under *nix! The 'end' of a Windows file can be defined in two ways: an ASCII file ends with CTRL+Z, a 'binary' file ends where the header/catalog entry says so (not sure if that terminology has 'traveled' properly). Somewhat obviously, the reason for the latter is that the ASCII code for CTRL+Z may coincidentally appear within the middle of some binary digit (where it doesn't mean either CTRL-Z or eof). Does *nix take filesizes from the catalog/file header information? and only there? Regards, =dn > >From the manual - Last thing to read ;) > >"Note: The mode may contain the letter 'b'. This is useful only on systems > >which differentiate between binary and text files (i.e. Windows. It's > >useless on Unix). If not needed, this will be ignored. " > > If UNIX system doesn't difference between binary and text files, how are for > ex > > 'char *fgets()' respectively 'char *gets()' > > supposed to be working then? > > When opening a file in binary mode (b) Unix and MS Windows behaves more or > less the same, on the other hand when opening a file in text write mode (w > or a) then UNIX might differ from MS Windows. I've noticed that MS VC++ > appends an ctrl-Z on the end of text files while writing to them. If Borland > C++ does the same, I don't know. But as far as my limited knowledge extends, > neither CC, cc, gcc or g++ does in this behavior. > > Conclusion: > > Opening a file in binary mode works more or less the same on UNIX and > Windows, but text mode works different on the both systems. =dn