pcbasic | platform emulator for the GW-BASIC family

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PC-BASIC - A free, cross-platform emulator for the GW-BASIC family of interpreters

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Why does BASIC append 0x1a to the end of a file?

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Why does BASIC append 0x1a to the end of a file?

Asked 2018-Nov-06 at 07:05

I'm attempting to transfer files to an old PCjr via null modem serial cable. I cobbled up a quick BASIC script to read data from a serial port and write it to a file, but I've discovered every file I save has an extra byte, 0x1a, at the end.

It seems to be caused by the CLOSE statement, as even OPENing and CLOSEing a file without writing anything results in a one-byte file.

I don't want a SUB character at the end of my files, especially binary ones! Is there an alternate way of writing files that prevents this behavior?

(Using the excellent "PC-BASIC" in a Lubuntu VM for demonstration, but this seems to be a "thing" in all variants of BASIC)

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Answered 2018-Nov-06 at 07:05

Function to write a string to a data output file without trailing eof char:

Source https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52881326

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