AT> KK>    if(NULL = fp)
AT> KK>       return -1L;
AT> KK>    buf = malloc(16384);
AT> KK>    if(NULL = buf)
AT> KK>    {
AT> KK>       fclose(fp);
AT> KK>       return -2L;
AT> KK>    }
AT> KK>    do {
AT> KK>       file_size += (block_read = fread(buf, 16384, 1, fp));
AT>   I assume you didn't compile this, eh?
AT>   NULL = buf, NULL = fp???  ;-)
   Oops....!
   Sorry about that. I'm taking a class in Visual Basic. :)
   THAT's why I put NULL ahead of the compared value in these
   comparison processes, of course. It helps when you are, like
   myself, easily confused and multi-lingual in programming.

> ] Well, I wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition!...........

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