Re: str_dup, CREATE(), et al

From: Akuma/Chris Baggett/DOOMer (doomer@BAYOU.COM)
Date: 03/16/98


I mentioned in my original post that I was using ASCII pfiles.
so I no longer use fwrite/seek/etc.

Akuma.



At 07:05 PM 3/16/98 -0500, you wrote:
>On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Akuma/Chris Baggett/DOOMer wrote:
>
>>You aren't understanding my problem.
>>I never mentioned anything about fwrite()ing anything.
>>
>>ok, i changed load_char to get rid of char_file_u
>>ie load_char is prototyped like this now.
>
>We're thinking you got rid of char_file_u completely.  Do you mean you only
>removed it from load_char?
>
>I do have a question, just one.
>
>s/fwrite/fread/, then read my post again.
>
>int load_char(char *name, struct char_file_u * char_element)
>{
>  int player_i;
>
>  int find_name(char *name);
>
>  if ((player_i = find_name(name)) >= 0) {
>    fseek(player_fl, (long) (player_i * sizeof(struct char_file_u)),
SEEK_SET);
>    fread(char_element, sizeof(struct char_file_u), 1, player_fl);
>    return (player_i);
>  } else
>    return (-1);
>}
>
>Now then, how in the world do you expect this to work without char_file_u
>unless you changed your on disk format and char_data no longer uses
>pointers?
>
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