Thread: Stat() Program

Ok I have to write a program that uses the linux stat() function, it is supposed to read in a filename, were from were it will determine access permissions, it will end once the user enter a blank filename i.e '/0' or enter.

Can anyone see any probs, as i am unable to yet test it.
thanks for any help

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>

#define BUFFER 10

struct stat fileattrib;

char file[BUFFER], *nl;

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  // Get file name
  printf("Enter Filename....\n");
	while (gets(file) != NULL) // Loop getting filename while not null
	{
		*nl = strchr( buff, '\n' ); //Search out the null entry

		if ((buf[0] == '\n') // if a null is a 0 then exit
		break;

		if ( nl != NULL ) 
		  *nl = '\0';   // remove the end of line 

    if( stat( file, &fileattrib ) != 0 ) {
			{
		    printf("Access Permissions of file: %s\n ",file);
				printf("----------------------------\n");
			  printf( "%d\n", fileattrib.st_mode );
		  }
		else
			printf("File Error Message = %s\n", strerror(errno));

		printf("Enter Filename....\n"); // for next filename input
		}
}

> while (gets(file) != NULL)
You should use scanf() instead. Most people agree that gets() is dangerous.


> *nl = strchr( buff, '\n' );
I think you wanted this to be:

nl = strchr(buf, '\n');

> if ( nl != NULL )

I think you wanted this to be:

if (*nl != NULL)


Mind you that I just parsed through and looked as I leaped. Those are the things I noticed.

Soz salem, got mixed up, i thought fgets was for getting information from a file, silly me.
Soz mate
-ali