>     skipb(fp, start);
>     dodump(fp, start, count);
>     return (EXIT_SUCCESS);

ac>     fseek(fp, start, SEEK_SET);
ac>     dodump(fp, start, count);
ac>     return EXIT_SUCCESS;

If you seek to a location outside the range of the file, you will
stay at your last file position, instead of going to the end and
failing.  In other words, unless you put in some error checking,
the skipb() one is more robust.  BFN.  Paul.
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