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+/************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Purpose: To copy a file  (Unix 'cp' command).
+ * Author:  M J Leslie
+ * Date:    16-May-96
+ *
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+main()
+{
+  int c;			/* Character read/written between files */
+  FILE *IPFile;			/* Pointer to the I/P file. FILE is a 
+				   structure  defined in <stdio.h>	*/
+  FILE *OPFile;
+
+				/* Open the file - no error checking done */
+  IPFile = fopen("/etc/hosts","r");
+  OPFile = fopen("/tmp/hosts","w");
+
+				/* Read one character at a time, checking 
+				   for the End of File. EOF is defined 
+				   in <stdio.h>  as -1 			*/
+  while ((c = fgetc(IPFile)) != EOF)
+   {
+   fputc(c, OPFile);		/* O/P the character 			*/
+   }
+
+  fclose(IPFile);		/* Close the files.			*/
+  fclose(OPFile);		/* Close the files.			*/
+}