stripping the first byte from a binary file

[Alex Popescu]

On Jul 11, 7:45 pm, "Diez B. Roggisch" <d... at nospam.web.de> wrote:
> Alex Popescu wrote:
> > On Jul 11, 4:15 pm, "Diez B. Roggisch" <d... at nospam.web.de> wrote:
> >> > Forgive my newbie ignorance, but I am wondering why the other method
> >> > would not work? I mean it may not be very safe,
> >> > but I guess it may perform a lot better, than having to read the whole
> >> > file just to cut out the first byte.
>
> >> Because seeking is not moving? Shifting data bytewise isn't something
> >> that is supported by the underlying OS filesystems, and thus not
> >> supported. But replacing bytes with others is. Which seek is for.
>
> >> Diez
>
> > As far as I know seek is just about positioning and nothing else.
>
> It is.
>
> > So, in fact the problem boils down to os support for deleting a bytes.
>
> Which there isn't, as I and several others pointed out. And "replacing" is
> not removing.
>
> Diez

I do agree with your last statement (and it was my mistake to consider
replacing a possible way to remove). Just wanted to
clarify that seek is only for positioning.

bests,

./alex
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