[B] Difference between open and fopen [/B]

i cant understand diff b/w open and fopen .

please analysie below programs

Code:

#include<stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>

int main()
{
int f;
char ch;
f=open("/root/cprograms/file.txt",O_RDWR,0777);
while(ch !='n')
{
ch=getc(f);
printf("%c",ch);
i++;
}
printf("\n");

return 0;
}

Code:

#include<stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>

int main()
{
FILE *fd;
char ch;
fd=open("/root/cprograms/file.txt",O_RDWR,0777);
while(ch !='n')
{
ch=getc(f);
printf("%c",ch);
i++;
}
printf("\n");

return 0;
}

ouput i want to get as text in file.txt


any body can help me?

First of all your program just differs in return type of open

But by your question in words i can say

FOPEN
fopen is available on any hosted ANSI C system and operates according to ANSI C. The existence and semantics of open depend on each system.

On Unix, open and related function (such as lseek, read, write) each results in a transfer across protection boundaries into the kernel and do not use provide buffering in the user space of the process. fopen is more portable and generally more efficient. open allows additional, non-portable operations.

OPEN
Regarding OPEN is an POSIX system API. On systems that follow anything close to
Unix or POSIX, open() accepts a flags field that contain flags that have functionality not available with fopen() or any other standard C library call.

Originally Posted by nkrao123@gmail.

i cant understand diff b/w open and fopen .

open is non-standard (with respect to the C standard, but it is standard with respect to POSIX) but fopen is standard. Other than that just look up the relevant documentation, e.g., run man open and man fopen.

fopen uses the newer, and easier to learn, stream file mode. open uses the older file handling method.

Shall i print the charactes with open () ?

Shall i print the charactes with open () ? from file.txt with while loop in my program?

Unless you have reasons to do otherwise, just use the C standard library I/O functions.

What do you mean by priting the characters with open () dude ???

And i think you should do man open and i think you will get all of your answers there and please read it with some patience.

Hi now i learn more about open (it is a system call) .

please let me know anyone, shall i print the characters with open() using while loop ?(please check the first program in post)

No. Use fopen(), unless you explicitly require open.

Hi ,

i understand your suggestions . i want to write the program for displaying the characters using open() also using while loop from my first program in my post



anybody can help me for open() to display characters from file.txt in my program?

Check this out with a while loop

Code:

// An example of open                                                                                                                                                                                             

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

#define BUFFER_LENGTH 100

int main() {
  int fd               = 0;
  char data_buffer[65] = {0};
  int length           = 0;

  fd = open("rocky.txt",O_RDONLY);
  if (fd != 0) {
    while (length = read(fd, data_buffer, BUFFER_LENGTH)) {
      data_buffer[length] = '\0';
      printf("******%s",data_buffer);
    }
  }
}

Hi Rocky,

ya .its working . thanks.

from this replys i observed , main deference between open() and fopen() is

open() is a systemcall

fopen() is normal C library function


is it right?