Reading from a binary file in a portable way

[jb]

I should like to read a (binary) file x.y in a buffer and then do things 
like getting the 16 bit integer that is at the offset n, n+1 in the file 
(maybe lowbyte, then higyhbyte.

Previously I did it only under MS-Windows where for example I could open the 
file with the flag O_BINARY but this is no longer possible under Linux.

What would a solution that works under both Unix and MS-Windows look like?

-- 
Janos Blazi


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