Thread: need help in passing filename as a parameter

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    need help in passing filename as a parameter

    Hi Folks..
    I need your help with following snippet :
    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    void  ASCII_to_EBCDIC( size_t, unsigned char *);
    void  EBCDIC_to_ASCII( size_t, unsigned char *);
    void to_ASCII(unsigned char *);
    void to_EBCDIC(unsigned char *);
    /* conversion tables */
    static  unsigned char
            ASCII_translate_EBCDIC [ 256 ] =
                {
                0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08,
                0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F,
                0x10, 0x11, 0x12, 0x13, 0x14, 0x15, 0x16, 0x17, 0x18,
                0x19, 0x1A, 0x1B, 0x1C, 0x1D, 0x1E, 0x1F,
                0x40, 0x5A, 0x7F, 0x7B, 0x5B, 0x6C, 0x50, 0x7D, 0x4D,
                0x5D, 0x5C, 0x4E, 0x6B, 0x60, 0x4B, 0x61,
                0xF0, 0xF1, 0xF2, 0xF3, 0xF4, 0xF5, 0xF6, 0xF7, 0xF8,
                0xF9, 0x7A, 0x5E, 0x4C, 0x7E, 0x6E, 0x6F,
                0x7C, 0xC1, 0xC2, 0xC3, 0xC4, 0xC5, 0xC6, 0xC7, 0xC8,
                0xC9, 0xD1, 0xD2, 0xD3, 0xD4, 0xD5, 0xD6,
                0xD7, 0xD8, 0xD9, 0xE2, 0xE3, 0xE4, 0xE5, 0xE6, 0xE7,
                0xE8, 0xE9, 0xAD, 0xE0, 0xBD, 0x5F, 0x6D,
                0x7D, 0x81, 0x82, 0x83, 0x84, 0x85, 0x86, 0x87, 0x88,
                0x89, 0x91, 0x92, 0x93, 0x94, 0x95, 0x96,
                0x97, 0x98, 0x99, 0xA2, 0xA3, 0xA4, 0xA5, 0xA6, 0xA7,
                0xA8, 0xA9, 0xC0, 0x6A, 0xD0, 0xA1, 0x4B,
                0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B,
                0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B,
                0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B,
                0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B,
                0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B,
                0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B,
                0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B,
                0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B,
                0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B,
                0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B,
                0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B,
                0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B,
                0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B,
                0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B,
                0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B,
                0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B, 0x4B } ;
    
    
    static  unsigned char
            EBCDIC_translate_ASCII [ 256 ] =
                {
                0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08,
                0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F,
                0x10, 0x11, 0x12, 0x13, 0x14, 0x15, 0x16, 0x17, 0x18,
                0x19, 0x1A, 0x1B, 0x1C, 0x1D, 0x1E, 0x1F,
                0x20, 0x21, 0x22, 0x23, 0x24, 0x25, 0x26, 0x27, 0x28,
                0x29, 0x2A, 0x2B, 0x2C, 0x2D, 0x2E, 0x2F,
                0x2E, 0x2E, 0x32, 0x33, 0x34, 0x35, 0x36, 0x37, 0x38,
                0x39, 0x3A, 0x3B, 0x3C, 0x3D, 0x2E, 0x3F,
                0x20, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E,
                0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x3C, 0x28, 0x2B, 0x7C,
                0x26, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E,
                0x2E, 0x21, 0x24, 0x2A, 0x29, 0x3B, 0x5E,
                0x2D, 0x2F, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E,
                0x2E, 0x7C, 0x2C, 0x25, 0x5F, 0x3E, 0x3F,
                0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E,
                0x2E, 0x3A, 0x23, 0x40, 0x27, 0x3D, 0x22,
                0x2E, 0x61, 0x62, 0x63, 0x64, 0x65, 0x66, 0x67, 0x68,
                0x69, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E,
                0x2E, 0x6A, 0x6B, 0x6C, 0x6D, 0x6E, 0x6F, 0x70, 0x71,
                0x72, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E,
                0x2E, 0x7E, 0x73, 0x74, 0x75, 0x76, 0x77, 0x78, 0x79,
                0x7A, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x5B, 0x2E, 0x2E,
                0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E,
                0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x5D, 0x2E, 0x2E,
                0x7B, 0x41, 0x42, 0x43, 0x44, 0x45, 0x46, 0x47, 0x48,
                0x49, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E,
                0x7D, 0x4A, 0x4B, 0x4C, 0x4D, 0x4E, 0x4F, 0x50, 0x51,
                0x52, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E,
                0x5C, 0x2E, 0x53, 0x54, 0x55, 0x56, 0x57, 0x58, 0x59,
                0x5A, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E,
                0x30, 0x31, 0x32, 0x33, 0x34, 0x35, 0x36, 0x37, 0x38,
                0x39, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E, 0x2E } ;
    
    
    void to_ASCII(unsigned char *s){ // single string
           register unsigned char *buf;
           for(buf=s;*buf;buf++) *buf=EBCDIC_translate_ASCII[*buf];
           return;
    }
    void to_EBCDIC(unsigned char *s){// single string
           register unsigned char *buf;
           for(buf=s;*buf;buf++) *buf=ASCII_translate_EBCDIC[*buf];
           return;
    }
    
    
    void EBCDIC_to_ASCII(size_t len,unsigned char *s){ // full buffer
           register unsigned char *buf;
           register int j;
           for(buf=s,j=len;j;j--,buf++) *buf=EBCDIC_translate_ASCII[*buf];
           return;
    }
    void ASCII_to_EBCDIC(size_t len,unsigned char *s){ // full buffer
          register unsigned char *buf;
          register int j;
          for (buf=s,j=len;j;j--,buf++) *buf = ASCII_translate_EBCDIC[*buf]);
          return;
    }
    int main (void) {
        char str[] = "\xc8\x85\x93\x93\x96\x40\xa3\x88\x85\x99\x85\x5a";
        inSituEbcdicToAscii (str);
        printf ("%s\n", str);
        return 0;
    }
    The above snippet is for a buffer/string, where as i want to pass file name as a parameter and want function to process the file line by line,can anyone plz help?

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