MV> #define MAX_READ 30000

 MV> int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 MV> {
 MV>   char buf[MAX_READ+1],
 MV>        outbuf[MAX_READ+1],
 MV>        tfname[255];


Whoa!  Look at all this stack space!   You could fix the problem by
creating a HUGE stack (link with /stack:0x18000),  but if I were you i'd
use dynamic allocation (ie: malloc).


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