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From: bnelson@netcom.com (Bob Nelson)
Subject: Re: reading WORD ``attachments'' (aaaarrggh!)
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Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 17:29:49 GMT
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On 04 May 1996 08:23:11 GMT, Phillip Musumeci wrote:
>> Here is a very low-tech filter [...for Word files...] to remove
>> some of the weird stuff from the file before piping it into less/more.
>> #include <stdio.h>
>> [other code deleted]
>> void main()
>> {
Did you intend to write this filter in the C programming language? If
you do wish to rewrite it in C, be aware that main returns an int.
"void main" is undefined and is best left to ignorants such as "author"
Herb Schildt. See the Standard for the language for the correct
declaration of main.
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