Thread: Problem while opening a file !

I have a file names 'bubble sort and print a fragment.c'
The destination of the file is -
C:\\Users\RAJARSHI\Desktop\C programming files\bubble sort and print a fragment.c

I want to open the file using C

I wrote these following codes :
But they are not opening the file....Is there something wrong with the codes ?? I am new to File I/O. Please help

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
int main ()
{
    FILE *fp;
    char ch;
    fp=fopen("C:\\Users\RAJARSHI\Desktop\C programming files\bubble sort and print a fragment.c","r");
    while (1)
    {
        ch = fgetc(fp);
        if (ch == EOF);
        break;
        printf ("%c",ch);
    }
    printf ("\n");
    fclose(fp);
    return 0;
}

and

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main ()
{
    FILE *fp;
    char ch;
    fp=fopen("C:\\Users\RAJARSHI\Desktop\C programming files\bubble sort and print a fragment.c","r");
    if (fp==NULL)
    {
puts ("cannot open file");
 exit(1);
    }


    return 0;
}

> fp=fopen("C:\\Users\RAJARSHI\Desktop\C programming files\bubble sort and print a fragment.c","r");
You need \\ on ALL your directory components.

Originally Posted by Salem

> fp=fopen("C:\\Users\RAJARSHI\Desktop\C programming files\bubble sort and print a fragment.c","r");
You need \\ on ALL your directory components.

when I used

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main ()
{
    FILE *fp;
    char ch;
    fp=fopen("C:\\Users\\RAJARSHI\\Desktop\\C programming files\\bubble sort and print a fragment.c","r");
    if (fp==NULL)
    {
puts ("cannot open file");
 exit(1);
    }


    return 0;
}

and

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
int main ()
{
    FILE *fp;
    char ch;
    fp=fopen("C:\\Users\\RAJARSHI\\Desktop\\C programming files\\bubble sort and print a fragment.c","r");
    while (1)
    {
        ch = fgetc(fp);
        if (ch == EOF);
        break;
        printf ("%c",ch);
    }
    printf ("\n");
    fclose(fp);
    return 0;
}

The output was a blank screen in both the cases..it didn't open the file !!

if (ch == EOF);
break;
Your if statement does nothing, so your loop ALWAYS breaks on the first iteration, having written nothing.

Originally Posted by Salem

if (ch == EOF);
break;
Your if statement does nothing, so your loop ALWAYS breaks on the first iteration, having written nothing.

Thanks a lot sir !!

Ok... you're on windows... Open the following chain...

Start -> Control Panel -> Folder Options -> View

then remove the checkmark from "Hide extensions for known file types".

And OK your way out.

You may well discover your file is "c:\users .... fragment.c.txt" or something similar.
(This, by the way, is one of the dumbest ideas Microsoft ever came up with! You just don't hide information from a user.)


Also... it's a real bad idea to give known programming language extensions to data files... way too much chance for weirdness.

Next, you should not put files like that on your desktop. You may end up with a shortcut to the file, not the file itself and C doesn't natively know how to follow shortcuts.

Finally... some older compilers have trouble opening files with spaces in their names, which is a hangover from the long gone 8.3 filename days.