MASM 5.10 EXT.DOC: FileRead - Reads File Contents into Buffer

ID Number: Q31527

5.10 | 5.10

MS-DOS | OS/2

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/* FileRead - reads the contents of a file into the file buffer

*

* The FileRead function reads the contents of the specified disk

* file and stores them in the internal file buffer specified by pFile.

* The old contents of the file buffer are lost.

*

* name Pointer to name of file to be read

* pFile Handle to internal file to receive contents

*

* returns TRUE (-1) if successful; FALSE (0) if file could not

* be read

*/

flagType pascal FileRead (name, pFile)

char far *name;

PFILE pFile;