  The terse C file I/O differences dept 
 The Question is:
 
why does a c program read differently than in a previous version of openvms and
 c?
 The Answer is :
 
  There is insufficient data here for a meaningful or specific response.
  (As was stated in the introduction to asking a question, many one- or
  two-line questions are often either surprisingly difficult to answer,
  or can be entirely unanswerable questions.)
 
  The cause of such a run-time difference could range from an OpenVMS or
  C RTL bug, to a C compiler or RTL or OpenVMS change, to an application
  bug.  Without details and particularly without a reproducer for the
  reported problem, no specific answer is possible.
 
  Please do consider an OpenVMS upgrade -- preferably to an OpenVMS
  release with current support or with prior-version support -- and
  please do apply the mandatory ECO kits for OpenVMS, and -- in this
  case -- any ECO specific to the C run-time library and to the OpenVMS
  file system.
 
 Answer written or last revised on  20-JAN-2004 
