Reading Binay files in Mac

[doublemaster007]

Hi

How to read binary files in MAC OS?

FILE *readFile = fopen("filename", "rb");

then reading it like this:

count=fread(readBuffer, sizeof(char), bufferSize, readFile)

This works in windows for all type of files. But in Mac os fread fails
to read from application (.app) and plugins etc. However it succeeds
in reading zip files. [even zip file of a application]

Is it failing becoz in Mac os application are like folders or is there
any other reson?

[Jim]

On 2007-10-26, do*************@gmail.com <do*************@gmail.comwrote:

count=fread(readBuffer, sizeof(char), bufferSize, readFile)

This works in windows for all type of files. But in Mac os fread fails
to read from application (.app) and plugins etc. However it succeeds
in reading zip files. [even zip file of a application]

Is it failing becoz in Mac os application are like folders or is there
any other reson?

MacOS .app files arn't like folders - they *are* folders.

You might be better asking here: comp.sys.mac.programmer.help

Jim
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[Keith Thompson]

Jim <ji*@magrathea.plus.comwrites:

On 2007-10-26, do*************@gmail.com <do*************@gmail.comwrote:

>count=fread(readBuffer, sizeof(char), bufferSize, readFile)
This works in windows for all type of files. But in Mac os fread fails
to read from application (.app) and plugins etc. However it succeeds
in reading zip files. [even zip file of a application]

Is it failing becoz in Mac os application are like folders or is there
any other reson?

MacOS .app files arn't like folders - they *are* folders.

You might be better asking here: comp.sys.mac.programmer.help

And when you do, you should tell them *how* it fails.

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