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I stumbled upon the following code (stripped to the minimum)
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void){

char *file_name = "t1.txt";
char ch;
FILE *pf = fopen(file_name , "r+");
fputs("bla", pf);
ungetc('z', pf);
ch = getc(pf);
printf("ch = %c\n", ch);
fclose(pf);
return 0;
}

Now I'm wondering if this is defined behaviour or not, and if it's
defined should there be a problem with the close at the end?

Thanks in advance
Friedrich

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Dec 15 '05
20 1314

Though the uninitialised pointer leeds to error,

The code
char *file_name = "t1.txt";
is legal

Always try to check the file opening cause

the code
FILE *pf = fopen(file_name , "r+");

"r+" -- to open an existing text file for reading and writing

if the file does not exists, it will give a null pointer.

If the file does not exists and u try to execute do fputs with null
pointer will cause undefined behaviour

Best Regards,
Abdur

Dec 16 '05 #21

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