Control Program for microcomputers simulator problem

[Izzy123]

The program first initialize disk, then creates and read file and delete file. I have no problem initializing and deleting But I'm having problem on reading the file that I created

Create file function:

printf("Enter your file name: ");
    scanf("%s",filename);
    printf("Enter file extention: ");
    scanf("%s",filetype);
    filePos = openFile(filename,filetype);
    if(filePos==-1)
    {
        printf("File %s.%s created\n",filename, filetype);
        continue;
    }
 else
   {
    printf("Opened file %s.%s\n", directory[filePos].filename , directory 
    [filePos].filetype );
    continue;
   }

Read file function:

if(filePos>-1)
{
    printf("File name: %s.%s on bit: ",directory[filePos].filename, 
      directory  [filePos].filetype);
    for (i=0; i<16; i++)
    {
        printf("%d ,",directory[filePos].blocks [i]);
    }
    printf("\n");
    continue;
}

and my openFile function:

int openFile(char name[9],char type[9])
  {
int i=0;
for (i=0;i<32;i++)
{
   if (strcmp(directory[i].filename, name)==0 && strcmp(directory
        [i].filetype, type)==0)
    {
        return i;
    }
 }
  for (i=0; i<32;i++)
 {
    if(strcmp(directory[i].filename,"")==0)
    {
        directory[i].usercode =1;
        strcat(directory[i].filename,name);
        strcat(directory[i].filetype, type);
        return -1;
    }
  }
  }

The full program executes with no error, but just can't read the file

[tabstop]

Perhaps you have this accounted for in the flow of your program, but if you call openFile it doesn't always open the file -- if it creates the file, the file is not opened or at least the file handle is not returned, so if you go ahead and try to read without opening it again it will fail miserably.

[Izzy123]

Perhaps you have this accounted for in the flow of your program, but if you call openFile it doesn't always open the file -- if it creates the file, the file is not opened or at least the file handle is not returned, so if you go ahead and try to read without opening it again it will fail miserably.

Hey tabstop thanks for the quick reply, so you are suggesting that I open the file again in the "read file" function?

[tabstop]

I think I'm suggesting you should have your openFile function actually open the file.