update binary file from text file

[billdef]

i want to learn how i can update a dbs file from a text file,for example:

dbs.file
name1 tel1 e-mail1
name2 tel2 e-mail2
---------------------
text file
name1 tel1 e-mail3 e-mail4
name2 tel2 e-mail2 tel 1112222 phone 777777
-------------------------
update dbs
name1 tel1 e-mail1 e-mail3 e-mail4
name2 tel2 e-mail2 tel 1112222 phone 777777
can anyone help??????

[Eranga]

What you mean by dbs file? In the title you are talking about binary file, but in the file you are talking about contain some text. Am I correct?

[billdef]

no it's no text,it's a binary file, it has records no characters!!!

[Norm]

Check your terminology. Records can be built from characters.
A record is a sequence of bytes(could be chars) with some relationship.
Usually we use the term binary for data that can't be entered from the keyboard.
And text is what can be entered from a keyboard.

What is a "dbs" file? How does it relate to the text file? The examples you posted both appear to be files that contained text.

[billdef]

i think you haven't work a lot with files....of course i talk abou t bytestreams....and in a binary file there are records.writnig and reading is made with objects...serialization/desirialization....i don't understand where my terminology is wrong

[Norm]

i think you haven't work a lot with files.

That's an interesting comment. Take a look at my profile.

in a binary file there are records

That does NOT mean that there are NOT records in other types of files. If you have a special meaning for the generic word record, please enclose it in quotes or add an adjective to show what specific type of record you are working with.

in a binary file ... writing and reading is made with objects

That's one way. There are others. What is an image file? It contains binary data and has nothing to do with objects and serialization.

[billdef]

ok,i write an example how is the database:in the example i have already input some records,you give a record id and you can see the corresponding data.
the record members are:name-10 chars,tel(int),e-mail(10chars)
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RandomAccessFile infile=new RandomAccessFile(f,"rw");
long id,pos;
byte nam[]=new byte[20];
do
{System.out.println("record number (0:exit)==>");
id=object.console_long();
if (id==0) break;
pos=(id-1)*24;
infile.seek(pos);
for int j=0;j<10;j++)
nam[j]=infile.readByte();
tel=infile.readInt();
for (int i=0;i<10;i++)
System.out.println((char)nam[i]);
System.out.println(tel);
}
while(true);
infile.close();
)
)
my question is how i can update this file from a text file

[Norm]

how i can update this file from a text file

You have two files, one with binary records, the other with text records.
The "binary" file has records of length of 24 bytes with the following fields:
name - 10 bytes(char)
tel# - 4 bytes(int)
email - 10 bytes(char)

What is the layout of the records in the text file?

Your example showed that the changed binary file would have different length fields than the input file. If the email field is only 10 bytes long, how can you update it to be a longer field? Do the "fields" have delimiters or length fields to say how long they are?
And what about the "phone" data? That seems to be an new set of fields for the record.

[Tolls]

What is this binary file anyway?
It's not the data file for some other system (db, or whatever) is it?