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Measure a small seekable binary file
C: Seek to the end and inspect ftell, checking both operations for errors.
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Read a stream again from its beginning
C: rewind returns a seekable stream to offset zero and clears its error and EOF indicators.
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Read bytes from a chosen file offset
C: Check fseek before reading so an unsupported or invalid seek is not ignored.
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Read characters without confusing EOF with a byte
C: Store fgetc in int so every unsigned-char value remains distinguishable from EOF.
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Remove one known scratch file
C: Check remove’s return value instead of assuming deletion succeeded.
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Rename a known file
C: The standard rename function reports failure through its return value.
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Replace bytes at a known position in a binary file
C: Open in update mode and seek before writing a fixed-size replacement.
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Use an automatically removed temporary file
C: tmpfile creates a binary update stream whose file is removed when closed.
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