VMS C & records in files

[Ed Bates: Joshua is my son's name.]

In article <8353 at smoke.ARPA>, gwyn at smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) writes:
> In article <1609 at edison.GE.COM> rja at edison.GE.COM (rja) writes:
> >We find that we have to use a loop of successive calls to read() to fill
> >(for example) a 512 byte buffer because it gives only 1 record at a time
> >even though you asked for 512 bytes.
> 
> UNIX also returns no more than one record per read() call.  The main
> difference is that UNIX disk files are just one big record.  Other
> UNIX files may be multi-record (e.g. magtape, terminal).

Could it be, El Guapo, that you want to read a block?  If this is true, try
the VMS IO$_READxBLK operations.

						Ed Bates
						Academic Computer Specialist
						University of the Pacific
						    in sunny Stockton, CA!