--- trunk/src/io/DumpReader.cpp	2012/08/22 02:28:28	1782
+++ trunk/src/io/DumpReader.cpp	2012/08/31 21:16:10	1793
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ namespace OpenMD { 
     if (worldRank == 0) { 
 #endif 
       
-      inFile_ = new std::ifstream(filename_.c_str()); 
+      inFile_ = new std::ifstream(filename_.c_str(),   
+                                  ifstream::in | ifstream::binary); 
       
       if (inFile_->fail()) { 
 	sprintf(painCave.errMsg, 
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ namespace OpenMD { 
       prevPos = currPos;
       bool foundOpenSnapshotTag = false;
       bool foundClosedSnapshotTag = false;
-      bool foundOpenSiteDataTag = false;
+
       while(inFile_->getline(buffer, bufferSize)) {
         ++lineNo;