Thread: File i/o filename its extension

Originally Posted by CommonTater

Seriously?

Code:

char filename[256];

// put client's filename in filename[]


fp = fopen(filename,"w");

Seems pretty obvious...

I understood that part, i know i have to do the folowing:

Code:

char filename[10];
scanf("%s", filename);
FILE *fp = fopen(filename, "w" );

But that is not my problem, my problem is how do i extract the second string from the buffer. The second string is just the name of the file (test.txt), you can see that on my previous post when i print the buffer. I have a buffer

Code:

char *buffer = malloc(BUFFSIZE);

. that buffer i use for my protocol en for the data to be saved. The question is how do i specifie the filename from that buffer. How do i link those two with each other? I just dont see it.

Code:

scanf("%s %s", &buffer);