Thread: writing to file

hello guys

i need some help to this code:

Code:

#include<stdio.h>

void main (void)
{
	char input;
	FILE *file;
	file = fopen ("self.dat", "w+");
	if (file==NULL)
	{
		printf("an error occured!\n");
	}
	else
	{
		printf("what shall be written into the file: \n");
		scanf("%c", &input);
		fprintf(file, "%c", input);
		printf("\nclosing file!\n");
		fclose(file);
	}
}

everything works fine. but when the program asks for the text that shall be written to the file and i type something like:
"hello world i love you" and take a look at the file, there only exists the first word. in this case "hello".
how do i configure the source code that its possible to safe a whole sentence.(or even more than this!).

thanks for the help
threadhead

there is even one more problem!

when i view the file there i can see only the first letter typed in.

if i use

Code:

char input[256];
........
scanf("%s", &input);
		fprintf(file, "%s", input);

instead of the other modification it only reads the first word not more than this.
but i defined an array

funny

just replace scanf() with fgets()?

Code:

#include<stdio.h>

void main (void)
{
	char zeichen[256];
	FILE *datei;
	datei = fopen ("self.dat", "w+");
	if (datei==NULL)
	{
		printf("an error occured!\n");
	}
	else
	{
		printf("what shall be written into the file: \n");
		fgets("%s", &zeichen);
		fprintf(datei, "%s", zeichen);
		printf("\nclosing file!\n");
		fclose(datei);
	}
}

doesnt work either