6.16 Files

• GPC supports files like in Borland Pascal, including untyped files, `BlockRead', `BlockWrite' and `Assign'. Instead of `Assign', you can also use the `Bind' mechanism of Extended Pascal.

  Besides the routines supproted by BP, there are many more routines available that deal with files, file names and similar things in a portable way. In contrast to Borland Pascal, you don't have to use any platform-specific units to do these kinds of things, though portable emulations of those units (e.g., of the `Dos' and `WinDos' units) are also available for compatibility.