Using structs in fread wont return correct number of bytes read
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Im using fread with structs to get at some animation data. The following line of code returns the wrong number:
fread(pKeyObj->pPosVerts, sizeof(pos_t), pKeyObj->numOfKeysPos, m_FilePointer);
This line of code will return the value inside of numOfKeysPos. I would like fread to return sizeof(pos_t) * numOfKeysPos. How can i do this? I wonder if fread is even reading my struct properly becaues it is returning the wrong value. Any ideas? Thanks.
[edited by - executor_2k2 on May 3, 2002 9:47:41 PM]
FREAD(3) Linux Programmer's Manual FREAD(3)NAME fread, fwrite - binary stream input/outputSYNOPSIS #include <stdio.h> size_t fread(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, FILE *stream); size_t fwrite(const void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, FILE *stream);DESCRIPTION The function fread reads nmemb elements of data, each size bytes long, from the stream pointed to by stream, storing them at the location given by ptr. The function fwrite writes nmemb elements of data, each size bytes long, to the stream pointed to by stream, obtaining them from the location given by ptr. For non-locking counterparts, see unlocked_stdio(3).RETURN VALUE fread and fwrite return the number of items successfully read or written (i.e., not the number of characters). If an error occurs, or the end-of-file is reached, the return value is a short item count (or zero). fread does not distinguish between end-of-file and error, and callers must use feof(3) and ferror(3) to determine which occurred. [edited by - Null and Void on May 3, 2002 9:56:52 PM]
Don''t read structs from files you haven''t created with the same program!
Do not make any assumptions about how a struct is laid out in memory vs. how it is in a file unless your very same program created the file.
You must pay attention to the exact file specification and read that specification independent of a struct''s layout in memory.
Do not make any assumptions about how a struct is laid out in memory vs. how it is in a file unless your very same program created the file.
You must pay attention to the exact file specification and read that specification independent of a struct''s layout in memory.
Since fread return numbers of item read, how about u change a little in your function call:
byteread = fread(pKeyObj->pPosVerts, 1, sizeof(pos_t) * pKeyObj->numOfKeysPos, m_FilePointer); This topic is closed to new replies.
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