how can i delete a perticular record directly i.e without rewriting all records in a new file then delete the first file for text files...
fwrite() func.. writes a record for delete what ?...plese help me
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how can i delete a perticular record directly i.e without rewriting all records in a new file then delete the first file for text files...
fwrite() func.. writes a record for delete what ?...plese help me
You can do that using:
fread();
fwrite();
fseek();
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If you want to delete a record from a file in this way then you need to understand the difference between a logical and a physical delete.
With each record in the file, you need to store an indicator to allow you to determine if the record is valid (ie used).
For text files you may simply wish to delete (logically) the record by replacing the original contents with whitespace (depending on the rules for your text file).
If you want to physically delete a record then you must rewrite the entire file.
However, for efficiency, it is better to perform a logical deletion, whereby the record to be deleted is marked to indicate that it is no longer valid. You would then attempt to reuse the empty records within the file the next time an insert was attempted.
If you then wanted to improve the efficiency of locating empty records, you could simply link the empty records using a simple list and could store the head of the link in the file header.
