Public Member Functions
	big_binary_file (const std::string &filename="")
	assosiates the new instance to the file filename

virtual	~big_binary_file ()
	close the file (if it is still opened)

bool	open (MODE m, const std::string &file_name="")
	open a file in read or write mode

void	close ()
	close the file

bool	is_open ()
	return true if the file is opened

long long	size ()
	return the size of the file in bytes

bool	read (unsigned char targetbuffer, unsigned long num, unsigned long numread=NULL)
	read num bytes from the file into the targetbuffer

bool	write (const unsigned char sourcebuffer, unsigned long num, unsigned long numwrote=NULL)
	write num bytes to the file from the sourcebuffer (file must be opened with write access first)

template<typename T >
bool	read (T &v)
	read a typedef value

template<typename T >
bool	read_array (T *a, unsigned int n)
	read an array of typed values

template<typename T >
bool	write (const T &v)
	write a typedef value

template<typename T >
bool	write_array (const T *a, unsigned int n)
	write an array of typed values

long long	position ()
	return the position of the file pointer in bytes

Detailed Description

class to handle files with very large sizes (>=2GB) hiding the ugly win32 api calls

linux-support by using 64bit pointer, LFS required in kernel

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

Public Member Functions