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+/*
+**  CANT.C - An fopen() replacement with error trapping
+**
+**  public domain by Bob Stout
+**
+**  Call just as you would fopen(), but make sure your exit functions are
+**  registered with atexit().
+*/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+FILE *cant(char *fname, char *fmode)
+{
+      FILE *fp;
+
+      if (NULL == (fp = fopen(fname, mode)))
+      {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Can't open %s\n", fname);
+            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+      }
+      return fp;
+}