[Coco] File Size
Allen Huffman
alsplace at pobox.com
Tue Feb 14 11:04:49 EST 2023
On Feb 14, 2023, at 9:59 AM, William Astle via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
>
> You can also "cheat" it by opening the file in "R" (or "D") mode with a 1 byte record size, then use LOF() to get the number of records, then close the file again.
>
> OPEN "R",#1,"FILE.EXT",1
> L=LOF(1)
> CLOSE #1
>
> Which basically makes the Disk Basic ROM do exactly what Allen described.
I retract my answer!
As I look through my article draft, I see I discuss LOF! I just didn’t remember. D'oh!
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