Problem::
i want to copy my stdout file into another temporary file from my program itself
i.e., i want to update the changes i've made in the stdout to another file
and i want a solution for the same in case of graphics
i ve tried output redirection but couldn't proceed any further
i don't think it is necessary to post the code as my question is quite general in nature
if my code is necessary i'll post it...
Can you guys out there help me please!!!!!!!!
I have no idea what you're talking about. stdout is a FILE *, yes, and hence can be thought of and dealt with as a file, but it's not a physical file necessarily. I don't understand what you mean when you say you want to copy it.
Can you try to elaborate on your problem?
Edit: Are you trying to duplicate all output to stdout to another file as well? So like all calls to printf() will go stdout and your file?
Last edited by MacGyver; 03-07-2008 at 01:36 PM.
If you want to write to more than one destination, you have to use more than one stream. A good way to do that is passing around an array of file pointers and looping over it each time you want to write something.
Code:#include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> void print(const char *data, int size, FILE *outp[]) { // An invalid size means data is a string if ( size <= 0 ) { size = strlen(data); } // Write the data to every file pointer while ( *outp ) { fwrite(data, 1, size, *outp); ++outp; } } int main(void) { FILE *outp[3] = {0}; outp[0] = stdout; outp[1] = fopen("test.txt", "w"); print("I am Banana Man!\n", 0, outp); print("This goes to stdout and a file\n", 0, outp); return 0; }
yes i want to duplicate all the data in my stdout file to another file
i then want to seek and change the file accordingly and copy it back to stdout....
BananaMan , your code works fine if the data is text ... but actually i am dealing with graphics in particular ...
actually i want to store a picture from stdout into a file....
So what you're actually asking to do, is write all your output to a file INSTEAD of standard out; then go back and reprocess it, changing some things; and then display it?Originally Posted by ElemenT.usha
Because printing it to BOTH stdout and a file, then manipulating it and printing it again, makes no sense to me.
Is it just me or does it seem easier if he just figured out what the heck to print the first time around and printed it correctly to stdout?
ASCII art?
A typical example of ...cheap programming practices.Code:... goto johny_walker_red_label; johny_walker_blue_label: exit(-149$); johny_walker_red_label : exit( -22$);
It doesn't matter what your data is because it's always going to be a list of bytes. If it's not text, you have to pass the number of bytes in the data, but it still works fine.BananaMan , your code works fine if the data is text ...
Code:int main(void) { FILE *outp[3] = {0}; int x = 256; outp[0] = stdout; outp[1] = fopen("test.txt", "wb"); print(&x, sizeof(int), outp); return 0; }
ok i think i need to post the code now....
following is my code ::
what does the code do:: it actually creates a virtual paint type environment where we can draw whatever we want (lines arcs only);
all my problem is with my cursor... whenever my cursor moves over a drawn line it acts as an eraser ...
it is because of my cursor function....
so now i want to change my cursor function to something like this ... whenever the user moves the cursor it should clear screen and then the cursor moves and the picture which was before should load again as clearing screen causes a loss of my previous picture ... i want to store it in a file of something before clr screen....
[red]WARNING:: this works only in dos based compilers i suppose and we need conio.h cant avoid it.....[/red]
Code:#include<stdio.h> #include<dos.h> //for delay #include<graphics.h> #include<conio.h> // for getch and clrscr void pendn(char); /*acts as if pen is down*./ void penup(char); void erase(char); void cur(int,int,int); /*cursor function*/ void (*p)(); /*pointer to call functions*/ void ul(int,int,int,int); /*to draw a line*/ static int x,y,x1=0,y1=0,x2,y2; int main() { int gd=DETECT,gm; char ch;int tmpx,tmpy,tmpr,st,et,i,j; initgraph(&gd,&gm,""); delay(1000); x=getmaxx()/2; y=getmaxy()/2; rectangle(x+1,y+1,x-1,y-1); p=penup; do{ ch=getch(); if (ch=='s') { if(x1==0) { x1=x;y1=y; putpixel(x,y,15); printf("\r%d%d\t",x1,y1); } else { x2=x;y2=y; printf("\r%d%d\t",x2,y2); ch=getch(); if(ch=='1') ul(x1,y1,x2,y2); else if(ch=='2') { tmpx=(x1+x2)/2; tmpy=(y1+y2)/2; if(y1==y2) tmpr=x2-tmpx; if(x1==x2) tmpr=y2-tmpy; if(tmpr<0) tmpr*=-1; printf("\r enter angles:"); scanf("%d%d",&st,&et); setcolor(15); arc(tmpx,tmpy,st,et,tmpr); putpixel(x1,y1,15); putpixel(x2,y2,15); } x1=0; } } else { if(ch=='1') { ch=getch(); printf("\r pendown "); cur(x,y,0); p=pendn; } else if(ch=='2') { ch=getch(); printf("\r penup "); p=penup; } else if(ch=='3') { ch=getch(); printf("\r eraser on"); p=erase; } (*p)(ch); } }while(ch!='i'); for(j=0;j<6;j++) for(i=0;i<6;i++) { clrscr(); settextstyle(1,0,i); settextjustify(1,1); outtextxy(getmaxx()/2,getmaxy()/2,"an elemeNtal corp :))"); sound(200*j-100*i); delay(50); } nosound(); getch(); return 0; } void pendn(char ch) { switch(ch) { case 'w' :putpixel(x,y-1,15);y--;break; case 'x' :putpixel(x,y+1,15);y++;break; case 'a' :putpixel(x-1,y,15);x--;break; case 'd' :putpixel(x+1,y,15);x++;break; case 'q' :putpixel(x-1,y-1,15);y--;x--;break; case 'e' :putpixel(x+1,y-1,15);y--;x++;break; case 'z' :putpixel(x-1,y+1,15);y++;x--;break; case 'c' :putpixel(x+1,y+1,15);y++;x++;break; } } void penup(char ch) { cur(x,y,0); switch(ch) { case 'w' :y--;break; case 'x' :y++;break; case 'a' :x--;break; case 'd' :x++;break; case 'q' :y--;x--;break; case 'e' :y--;x++;break; case 'z' :y++;x--;break; case 'c' :y++;x++;break; } cur(x,y,15); } void erase(char ch) { cur(x,y,0); switch(ch) { case 'w' :putpixel(x,y-1,0);y--;break; case 'x' :putpixel(x,y+1,0);y++;break; case 'a' :putpixel(x-1,y,0);x--;break; case 'd' :putpixel(x+1,y,0);x++;break; case 'q' :putpixel(x-1,y-1,0);y--;x--;break; case 'e' :putpixel(x+1,y-1,0);y--;x++;break; case 'z' :putpixel(x-1,y+1,0);y++;x--;break; case 'c' :putpixel(x+1,y+1,0);y++;x++;break; } cur(x,y,15); } void cur(int x,int y,int col) { setcolor(col); rectangle(x+1,y+1,x-1,y-1); } void ul(int x1,int y1,int x2,int y2) { int i,y,t;float m; if(x1>x2 || y1>y2) { t=x1;x1=x2;x2=t; t=y1;y1=y2;y2=t; } if(x1==x2) for(i=y1;i<=y2;i++) { putpixel(x1,i,15); delay(100); } else { m=(y2-y1)/(x2-x1); for(i=x1;i<=x2;i++) { y=(m*(i-x1))+y1; putpixel(i,y,15); delay(100); } } }
Last edited by ElemenT.usha; 03-08-2008 at 06:45 AM.
It's 2008. I think you should be writing for something slightly newer than DOS.
Why? It might be a fun game for him to hack around plain old rocksteady DOS.
A typical example of ...cheap programming practices.Code:... goto johny_walker_red_label; johny_walker_blue_label: exit(-149$); johny_walker_red_label : exit( -22$);
Because he's probably running it on Windows. That's basically asking us how to use 20+ year old technology to be run on top of a modern machine. Isn't that asking to be in the realm of undefined behavior to some degree? Programs compiled in 16-bit mode will run by a DOS emulator, not actually by Windows directly. That's why so many DOS games and programs don't work properly.
ok so no one here knows how to copy the stdout file... thanxxx
Considering you don't even know how to properly ask the question, I think you would be wise not to speak about what we know and don't know.
