Thread: File I/O..Reading a file and printing contents

Working with file I/O

Basically, a user inputs a file which they want read. They can enter a sentinel value of "STOP" in which case the program stops.

The program then opens the file, reads line by line until end of file, and prints each line to the console.

Little new to file I/O, so wondering if anyone could help me. Here's what I have so far:

Code:

#include <stdio.h> 
#include <string.h>


int readSource (char *input); 

int main() {

char input[100]; 
char sentinel[5] = "STOP" ; 


printf("This program will count the number of functions as well as the number of source lines of code in a file.\n"); 

printf("\nEnter name of File:  "); 
gets(input); 


while ((strcmp (input, sentinel) != 0)) {

	readSource(input); 

}


getchar();


}




int readSource (char *input) {

FILE *fp; 
fp = fopen("input", "r");
	if (fp == NULL)
		{
		// Error, file not found
		}
	else
		{
	// Process & close file
	fclose(fp);

		}


}

1. gets is evil and should die. Use fgets on stdin instead.
2. You said main would return an int, so make it do so. Zero is a fine value for it to return: Cprogramming.com FAQ > main() / void main() / int main() / int main(void) / int main(int argc, char *argv[]).
3. Look into using fgets for reading the file back and printf, puts, fprintf or fputs to print out the string.

I think the code you posted was given by your tutor? Basically i think you have not done anything at all by yourself.