Thread: progress indicator for file copying

I am trying to create some sort of progress indicator for file copying.

In this program, I had to update the progress bar with the symbols after each file copy VIA a gotoxy statement. This got extremely confusing while writting the source code albeit the program turned out fine.

Now I am working on this route:

Code:

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

int FileCopy( char * Fromt, char * To, char * Display );
int gotoxy(int x, int y);
int clrscr();
int kill_cursor(void);

int main()
{
	clrscr(0, 0);
	kill_cursor();
	FileCopy("d:\\roms\\mameb16\\mk2.zip",
	"c:\\mk2.zip",
	"MK2");
	return 0;
}

int FileCopy( char * From, char * To, char * Display )
{
  	size_t len;
  	char buf[BUFSIZ];
 	FILE * in, * out; 
 	FILE * Tmp;
 	if ( ( Tmp = fopen ( From, "r" ) ) == 0 )
 	{
 		printf("%s not found, skipping.\n", Display);
 		Sleep(200);
 	}
 	else
 	{
 		fclose(Tmp);
 		if ( ( in = fopen ( From, "rb" ) ) != NULL ) 
 		{
    			if ( ( out = fopen ( To, "wb" ) ) != NULL ) 
    			{
    				gotoxy(0, 0);
      				printf("Copying..");
      				do 
      				{
        				len = fread ( buf, 1, sizeof buf, in );
        				if ( len != 0 )
        				{
        	  				fwrite ( buf, 1, len, out );
        	  			}
        	  			gotoxy(0, 1);
        				printf("\\");
        				gotoxy(0, 1);
        				printf("|");
        				gotoxy(0, 1);
        				printf("/");
        				gotoxy(0 ,1);
        				printf("-");
      				} 
      				while ( len == sizeof buf );
      				{
      					fclose ( out );
      					gotoxy(0, 1);
      					printf("Copied:  %s\n", Display);
      				}
    			}
    			else
    			{
      				printf("File copy output error:  %s\n", Display);
      			}
    			fclose ( in );
  		}
  		else
  		{
    			printf("File copy input error:  %s\n", Display);
    		}
    	}
  	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

int gotoxy(int x, int y)
{
	COORD coord;
   	coord.X = x;
   	coord.Y = y;
   	SetConsoleCursorPosition(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), coord);
	return 0;
}

int kill_cursor(void)
{
	CONSOLE_CURSOR_INFO cci;
	cci.dwSize = 1;
	cci.bVisible = FALSE;
	SetConsoleCursorInfo( GetStdHandle( STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE ), &cci );
	return 0;
}

int clrscr()
{
    	COORD coordScreen = { 0, 0};
    	DWORD cCharsWritten;
    	CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbi;
    	DWORD dwConSize;
    	HANDLE hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);

    	GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hConsole, &csbi);
    	dwConSize = csbi.dwSize.X * csbi.dwSize.Y;
    	FillConsoleOutputCharacter(hConsole, TEXT(' '), 
    	dwConSize, coordScreen, &cCharsWritten);
    	GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hConsole, &csbi);
    	FillConsoleOutputAttribute(hConsole, csbi.wAttributes, 
    	dwConSize, coordScreen, &cCharsWritten);
    	SetConsoleCursorPosition(hConsole, coordScreen);
    	return 0;
}

Now, I ran this, and copied a 15mb ( or so ) file, and the little cursor animates perfectly, and the copied message displays perfectly, etc. With one simple file, this does great.

How would I be able to do something similar to this, or the previous example, with half of the screen already filled with output.

I was thinking...maybe some fancy, or clever loop or something?
I want to designate a location on the screen someplace, for a progress indicator throughout the whole program. Yet, in the main section of the screen, I want to be able to display the catagory of files that are being copied, and a confirmation as each individual file is copied.

[edit]
grr, this thread is getting too confusing, plus I just realized my fix is still wrong.

I'm going to let this thread die, rework the code, and post a rigged up example which better explains it.
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