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- {@@@@@@@@@@@ copyright (C) 1984 by Neil J. Rubenking @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
- The purchaser of these procedures and functions may include them in COMPILED
- programs freely, but may not sell or give away the source text.
-
- driver for procedure SAFEWRITE--writes any file to screen even if it contains
- control characters. Input a filename (try with .COM and .EXE files), output
- to screen a "safe" version of that file.
- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%}
- type
- old_filename_type = string[14]; {This type declaration is NOT inside the
- INCLUDE file in order to avoid multiple
- declarations}
-
- filename_type = string[14];
- {$I existfil.lib}
- {$I safewrit.lib}
-
- var
- File_to_show : filename_type;
- File_itself : file of byte;
- one_byte : byte;
- begin
- Write('Enter name of file: ');
- Read(file_to_show);
- ClrScr;
- if exists(file_to_show) then
- begin
- Assign(file_itself,file_to_show);
- reset(file_itself);
- while not EOF(file_itself) do
- begin
- read(file_itself,one_byte);
- safeWrite(one_byte);
- end;
- close(file_itself);
- end
- else WriteLn(file_to_show,' does not exist.');
- end.