>         fprintf(fq, "01 Jan 94  01:01:01");

ac> Are you sure you can use fprintf() on a binary file ("wb") ?

 PE> I can see no restriction in the ISO C standard on doing 
 PE> that, and I can see no reason that it would be any different 
 PE> from a sequence of individual fputc() calls.  BFN.  Paul.

Are you sure your chars are single byte in both?

...Alex.
(Pagan & Proud)

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