Problem with coping an exe file

Hi all,
i have written some code just to copy an executable but when i try to run the copy, a get an error(using Windows XP SP 2)
"Copiedfile.exe is not a valid win32 application"
and i can't understand why. When i load both files(prototype and copy) at a hex editor they seem to be exactly the same.
May someone help, i would me most grateful.
Anyway thanks for your time!

Right there. See? On that line you've made an error. Fix that one, then I'll show you the next one.


Quzah.

Ok man, sorry, i just thought that it had something to do with the OS and not with my code.
Here:

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int main(){
    FILE *ptr;
    FILE *ptrout=fopen("fileb.exe","wb");
    long size=0,i;
    if(ptr=fopen("filea.exe","rb"));
    else printf("could not open file");
    fseek (ptr, 0, SEEK_END);
                              size = ftell (ptr);
                             
                              rewind (ptr);
    printf("size=&#37;d\n",size);
    system("pause");
    for(i=0;i<size;i++){
   
  fputc(fgetc(ptr),ptrout);
    printf("i=%d\n",i);}
    fclose(ptr);
    fclose(ptrout);
   
    printf("Successfully Copied!\n");
   
    system("pause");
    return 0;}

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Code:

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if(ptr=fopen("filea.exe","rb"));

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Many compilers warn you about that and require you to put in extra parentheses

Code:

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if( ( ptr=fopen("filea.exe","rb") ) );

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but I have no idea why. I'm sure Quzah does though. :)

It appears to work well with my (Linux) system. There's no need to determine the filesize beforehand, though.

I suspect that you're trying to get it to open itself. Most Windows systems don't allow this.

My only other point is that for UNIX-like systems, you'd probably need to change the file's permissions before executing the new executable.