corrupted real-time input stream

[Carl Reynolds]

Bret Stern wrote:
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>>-----Original Message-----
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>>When the server reads the data from the buffer file, it is 
>>asking for 128K bytes. It gets 128K, but the end of the input 
>>from about 85K is filled with 0s. If I save the buffer file 
>>to another location and 'od' 
>>the file, I can see that the data being written to the buffer 
>>file is correct and does not contain the area of 0s returned 
>>by the read.
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> It sounds like the buffer may be initialized with '0', with
> the exception of the note you make regarding the different file
> location.
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> Perhaps the buffer already exists (hidden)?? When running your
> program, do you check if the buffer already exists?
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> Debugging is about as much fun as one person can have!
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Bret thanks for your response, I had ensured that the file buffer
doesn't exist before running the program. I don't think that is the problem.

"Debugging is about as much fun as one person can have!" (legally)



Carl.