Merging two files...

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I guess this isn't possible, when memory serves me right. I had once some lessons about FAT, and i think this could only work in some specific cases (the file fills the blocks on the disk completely, ie the size of the file is an exact multiple from the block size the disk is formatted... )

If nobody can provide that answer, you might use the DOS copy command for append:
copy file1 + file2 file3

CHeers

hearing... (i am with angelIII)

I haven't done anything like that since DOS 2, but I suppose the answer is to simply change the link bytes at the end of the chain on the first file and have it point to the start of the chain in the next file, then update the length in the FAT.  I really have no clue how to do that these days, but there's probably an API call to access the FAT, and some low-level command to update disk bytes...or simply use something like Norton Utilities to change the bytes.

You could open files in binary mode and append each other but, that doesn't guarantee that you could play the wav files...

Richie: who is speaking of WAV files?

:)))), wrong question!!!
I did switch questions, posting this where to be in other, and posting other here...
Sorry, sometimes is time to go to bed.

Is this a one-time effort, or will it be ongoing?  For a one-time effort, just do the append the simple way, either what you stated ("perform a binary read of one file and append it to the other one") or as angelIII suggested (copy file1 + file2 file3)

If this will be an on-going issue, I think it is too dangerous to try to change the FAT.  For this scenario, I suggest looking into where these files come from and figure out how to merge them as they're created.

Hello everybody....
Thank you all for your comments.
As I mentioned in my question, I don't want to use a read-and-append method.
I will wait for a couple of days...probably somebody will provide a solution.

Regards to all.

"....
As I mentioned in my question, I don't want to use a read-and-append method.
...."
Then, why don't you use angelIII's comment?

>>>Then, why don't you use angelIII's comment?
Richie_Simpnetti; what is the difference between the read-and-append method and the method proposed by angell???
Do you know what does the "copy file1 + file2 file3" do???

I agree, BigBoss, but I hope you'll comment on my previous paragraph:

"If this will be an on-going issue, I think it is too dangerous to try to change the FAT.  For this scenario,
I suggest looking into where these files come from and figure out how to merge them as they're created."

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I repeat:

...simply use something like Norton Utilities to change the bytes.

Since this generally cannot be done through Windows, you only hope is to use or write DOS app that directly access the disk hardware.

Q answered AGAIN.

rspahitz,
If anyone is correct here it is angelIII's "It can't be done post"  Because there is no way that tweeking the FAT will work unless the file data for the first file happens to coincide with the cluster size.  That means that any FAT-manipulation technique can only be successful on average about one time in 8,000 (or 16K or 32K).
-- Dan

Good point rspahitz, BigBoss has a clear tendancy to post many questions and then abandon them.  I've never run across such a situation before :o  You might consider adding a comment here:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Community_Support/Q_20452887.html
-- Dan

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