um canīt understand why this code isnīt working...
:edited for code tags:Code:#include <stdio.h> #include <stslib.h> int main (void){ char ch[20]; FILE *fp; if ((fp=fopen("./test.txt","w+"))==NULL) { fprintf(stderr,"cant open the fil!\n"); exit(1); } fprintf(fp,"text\n text\n"); while (ch != EOF) { fgets(ch,sizeof(ch),fp); fprintf(stderr,"%s",ch); }
Last edited by Shogun; 04-24-2003 at 08:38 AM.
They say that if you play a Windows Install CD backwords, you hear satanic messages. That's nothing; play it forward and it installs Windows.
>>#include <stslib.h>
hmm, what is this? maybe stdlib?
>>if ((fp=fopen("./test.txt","w+"))==NULL)
you sure you're open the correct path, maybe you mean ../test.txt?
>>while (ch != EOF)
you bett'a do something like this:
>>fprintf(stderr,"%s",ch);Code:while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL)
sure you're writing in the correct stream?really mean to print in stderr or you want stdout?
thats just a typo I dont write the code on the same comp as I post this on sicne it doesnīt have any interent in the real code itīs right.>>#include <stslib.h>
hmm, what is this? maybe stdlib?
nope I know I open the right path since I have done it be4>>if ((fp=fopen("./test.txt","w+"))==NULL)
you sure you're open the correct path, maybe you mean ../test.txt?
I`ll try that>>while (ch != EOF)
you bett'a do something like this:
Code:while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL)
I hope so my book tells me that thats the stream I should write to if I whant it to print to the screen...>>fprintf(stderr,"%s",ch);
sure you're writing in the correct stream?
thx a ton for all the help
Last edited by Shogun; 04-24-2003 at 09:28 AM.
They say that if you play a Windows Install CD backwords, you hear satanic messages. That's nothing; play it forward and it installs Windows.
>>I hope so my book tells me that thats the stream I should write to if I whant it to print to the screen...
I don't think so... your book I'm quite sure explained you that you should write to stderr when an error occur, like you did when opening the file, to print to the screen, use the stdout stream.
oh I see...cool, actouly my book doesnīt tell me what stderr does it just tells me to use that when I test my files...so I kinda figurd I should use it like print to screen. thx for clearafeing this for me
They say that if you play a Windows Install CD backwords, you hear satanic messages. That's nothing; play it forward and it installs Windows.
If you're trying to read back what you've just written, you'll have to "rewind" the file pointer first of all.
After the fprintf(), the file pointer will be positioned at the end-of-file - just after the string you've written. Insert an ftell() just after the fprintf() to see the actual offset.
To rewind, you'll need an fseek().
e.g.
x = fseek(fp, 0L, SEEK_SET);
assuming you want to rewind to the BOF.
hth
ah that makes sense and I have some vage memory of my book telling me this.... thx a ton for your help
Last edited by Shogun; 04-24-2003 at 12:12 PM.
They say that if you play a Windows Install CD backwords, you hear satanic messages. That's nothing; play it forward and it installs Windows.
int is ok, as far as I know, fseek returns int.
Yeah, fseek() returns 0 (zero) for success and -1 on error.
You *really* should get into the habit of checking return values. Something like:
... or some custom error handling.Code:if (fseek(fp, 0L, SEEK_SET) != 0) { // oops perror("fseek"); fprintf(stderr, "could not seek\n"); }
hth
I tryed it to day, I didnīt have to use any variabel at all
They say that if you play a Windows Install CD backwords, you hear satanic messages. That's nothing; play it forward and it installs Windows.
