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Hi Narendra,
          I noticed there is a limitation on fopen function. It does not seem to open a filename 'RESEVOIR-GASKET.LST'. I tried to rename the filename to be freed from '-', but it did not work as well. Do you have any clue on this?


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If at all there is limitation, then that must be from the Operating System.
But, as I know, all the OS that I know of can open the filename that you have mentioned.
If you are on Unix, try to use vi command to open the said file.
If vi is able to open, then fopen() will also open and if it is not opening, then it is a bug in the code that you have written!

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