is there a way to read one char at a time in a file opened w/ open system call

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04-30-2015, 09:53 AM	#31
dogpatch Member Registered: Nov 2005 Location: Central America Distribution: Mepis, Android Posts: 490 Blog Entries: 4 Rep:	So, the summary of this thread is: 1. The answer to the original question - Yes, you can read and write one byte at a time. 2. But there are much more efficient ways to achieve the same end, and most of these result in cleaner code as well.

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