file doesn't open

when i try to open a file for example c:\file.txt it will not open. here is my code.

Code:

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int main ()
{
        char c; /* User defined character */
        char filename[50];
        int num = 0; /* Number of times character was found */
        FILE *inp; /* pointer to input file */

        printf("Enter the name of the file you wish to open: ");
        scanf ("%s", &filename);
        inp = fopen("c:%s", "r");

        if (inp != NULL){
          printf("OPEN");
        }else{
          printf("NOT OPEN");
        }
       
        getch();
        return 0;
}

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it always comes back "NOT OPEN". why is this?

That's because you're literally tying to open the file "c:%s".

You need to put the path of the file you're actually trying to open there - a format specifier won't work.

well how would i be able to put a user specified file in there? would it be c:filename?

change

inp = fopen("c:%s", "r");

into

inp = fopen(filename, "r");

thanks

I may be wrong, but shouldn't

scanf ("%s", &filename);

be

scanf ("%s", filename);

since filename already is a pointer (an array, but they're practically the same thing).

yeah i guess it works either way