Re: how to open/create a file in C and access it

# > it gives an error after I map a portion of
# > the file in memory, and then I try to write something into it:
#
# Show the code that does the mmap call. Also note that mmap doesn't
# extend files - so you can't append to a file that way.
# Mapping a file of 0 bytes gives you 0 bytes to write to.

My major complaint about unix file mapping as opposed to
true file mapping.

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