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author | Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch> | 2008-01-27 11:37:44 +0100 |
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committer | Tobias Klauser <tklauser@xenon.tklauser.home> | 2008-01-27 11:37:44 +0100 |
commit | 7e0f021a9aec35fd8e6725e87e3313b101d26f5e (patch) | |
tree | b1cacc4b24393f517aeb4610e9e1021f954307a8 /reference/C/EXAMPLES/read_file.c |
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diff --git a/reference/C/EXAMPLES/read_file.c b/reference/C/EXAMPLES/read_file.c new file mode 100644 index 0000000..721d6a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/reference/C/EXAMPLES/read_file.c @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +/************************************************************************ + * + * Purpose: To display a file on the screen (Unix 'cat' command). + * Version 1 + * + * to do: Read file name from command line. + * + * Author: M J Leslie + * Date: 06-Feb-94 + * + ************************************************************************/ + +#include <stdio.h> + +main() +{ + int c; /* Character read from the file. */ + FILE *ptr; /* Pointer to the file. FILE is a + structure defined in <stdio.h> */ + + /* Open the file - no error checking done */ + ptr = fopen("/etc/hosts","r"); + /* Read one character at a time, checking + for the End of File. EOF is defined + in <stdio.h> as -1 */ + while ((c = fgetc(ptr)) != EOF) + { + printf("%c",c); /* O/P the character to the screen */ + } + + fclose(ptr); /* Close the file. */ +} |