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Nov 30, 2000 at 9:59 PM

can i open an output file stream (in binary) and just change individual bytes in the file for eaxmple: say i want to open a file in binary, but i only want to modify the first 2 bytes of the file then save the file with the first two bytes changed. Can i do this or would i have to read in the entire file, change first two bytes and then save entire file ? "Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time" - Monty Python and the Holy Grail themGames Productions

Anti-dentite

Nov 30, 2000 at 10:04 PM

you can use fseek to seek to the part of the binary file you want to read and then fwrite over it, or fread to read it into memory (of course, this is in borland c)

SiCrane

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SiCrane

Nov 30, 2000 at 10:13 PM

Depending on OS, it''s also possible to just map the file to memory and then twiddle the bits. Of course in Windows File mapping is suppose to be just used for IPC, but it may be more convienient to use it for just file editing.

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