ILE C/C++ Programmer's Guide


Binary Streams

A binary stream is a sequence of characters that has a one-to-one correspondence with the characters stored in the associated iSeries system file. The data is not altered on input or output, so the data that is read from a binary stream is equal to the data that was written. New-line characters have no special significance in a binary stream. The application is responsible for knowing how to handle the data. The fgets() function handles new-line characters. Binary files are always created with the CCSID of the job.


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