[erlang-questions] bug in file:pread

[Bengt Kleberg]

On 2006-10-06 14:36, Joe Armstrong wrote:
> pread(Handle, {eof,-N}, N) appears to be broken or have I misunderstood 
> something?
> 
> /Joe
> 
> -module(bug1).
> 
> -compile(export_all).
> 
> bug() ->
>     File = "test.bin",
>     file:write_file(File, [<<"123456789">>]),
>     {ok, FileHandle} = file:open(File, [binary,raw,read]),

i think the following extract from the manual is of importance:

''If IoDevice has been opened in raw mode, some restrictions apply: 
Location is only allowed to be an integer;''


bengt
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