- Quoting David Williams 
 - to David Rothschild
 -> How do I read/write files with multiple EOF's (like ZIPs or EXEs)?
 -> I'm writing an Encryption program, but it stops at the first EOF.  I
 -> tried a FOR X = 1 to LOF..... but then I ran into an "Input past end
 -> of file", even when there was more file past the EOF.
 DW> Forgive a "mere" Mac user, but how can a file have more than one EOF?
 DW> In any (reasonable) DOS, EOF is *not* just an ASCII character. The
 DW> stuff that is recorded on a disk is a whole lot more complex than it
 DW> appears "through" the DOS. There are extra bits that are used for error
 DW> detection and correction. And there are codes for things like EOF that
 DW> do not represent any regular characters. The DOS handles everything,
 DW> and provides the outside world with something that looks a whole lot
 DW> simpler than what is really on the disk. It also ensures (or *should*
 DW> ensure) that there is only one EOF in each file, at its very end.
 DW> No?
You can add as many EOF characters to a file as you wish.  The first
one that basic encounters, will be reported as the end of file I
believe.  (It would make sense to me at least)
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