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how to use fopen()?

I wrote following program:

#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
FILE *file;

file=fopen(d:\readme.txt,"r");
if (file==NULL)
printf("fuck it's not working");
else
printf("finaly");
}
My problem is that the only programs' result is : "fuck it's not working"
What do I wrong?
Nov 13 '05 #1
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In article <91**************************@posting.google.com >, Taras wrote:
I wrote following program:

#include <stdio.h>

main()
int main(void)
{
FILE *file;

file=fopen(d:\readme.txt,"r");
if (file==NULL)
printf("fuck it's not working");
else
printf("finaly");
fclose(file);
return 0;
}
My problem is that the only programs' result is : "fuck it's not working"


I doubt it's even that, you have a syntax error on the line

file=fopen(d:\readme.txt,"r");

Try writing it as

file = fopen("d:/readme.txt", "r");

instead, or escape the backslash:

file = fopen("d:\\readme.txt", "r");
--
Andreas Kähäri
Nov 13 '05 #2

"Taras" <te*****@o2.pl> wrote in message
news:91**************************@posting.google.c om...
I wrote following program:

#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
FILE *file;

file=fopen(d:\readme.txt,"r");
file=fopen("d:\readme.txt", "r");
if (file==NULL)
printf("fuck it's not working");
else
printf("finaly");
}
My problem is that the only programs' result is : "fuck it's not working"
What do I wrong?


Nov 13 '05 #3

"Fao, Sean" <en**********@yahoo.comI-WANT-NO-SPAM> wrote in message
news:rK********************@news1.news.adelphia.ne t...

"Taras" <te*****@o2.pl> wrote in message
news:91**************************@posting.google.c om...
I wrote following program:

#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
FILE *file;

file=fopen(d:\readme.txt,"r");


file=fopen("d:\readme.txt", "r");
if (file==NULL)
printf("fuck it's not working");
else
printf("finaly");
/* Oops, I missed this */
fclose(file);
return 0;
}


Nov 13 '05 #4
"Taras" <te*****@o2.pl> wrote in message
news:91**************************@posting.google.c om...
I wrote following program:

#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
FILE *file;

file=fopen(d:\readme.txt,"r");
if (file==NULL)
printf("fuck it's not working");
else
printf("finaly");
}


Ok, this is the last time that I fix code when I've only had 2 hours of
sleep. Ignore everything I've written up to this point and read what the
other poster wrote.

Nov 13 '05 #5
<no@no.invalid> wrote in message
news:20***********************@mail.zedz.net...

Do we *have* to point out the int main(void) return 0 etc things ?


No, of course you don't have to.
But those who want to convey correctness will.
I seems that many instructors don't, through
ignorance, apathy, or whatever.
-Mike
Nov 13 '05 #6
"no@no.invalid" <no@no.invalid> wrote in
news:20***********************@mail.zedz.net on Sat 04 Oct 2003
01:11:21p:

Do we *have* to point out the int main(void) return 0 etc things ?


Yes. Any other declaration for main() is nonstandard and is erroneous. For
example, void main() is incorrect despite its popularity among the less
intelligent of the book and tutorial writers.

Nov 13 '05 #7
Andreas Kahari <ak*******@freeshell.org> wrote in message news:<sl**********************@mx.freeshell.org>.. .
In article <91**************************@posting.google.com >, Taras wrote:
I wrote following program:

#include <stdio.h>

main()


int main(void)
{
FILE *file;

file=fopen(d:\readme.txt,"r");
if (file==NULL)
printf("fuck it's not working");
else
printf("finaly");


fclose(file);
return 0;
}
My problem is that the only programs' result is : "fuck it's not working"


I doubt it's even that, you have a syntax error on the line

file=fopen(d:\readme.txt,"r");

Try writing it as

file = fopen("d:/readme.txt", "r");

instead, or escape the backslash:

file = fopen("d:\\readme.txt", "r");

Thank you , now it at last writes finally!
Nov 13 '05 #8
In article <91**************************@posting.google.com >,
Taras wrote:
Andreas Kahari <ak*******@freeshell.org> wrote in message
news:<sl**********************@mx.freeshell.org>.. .

[cut]
Try writing it as

file = fopen("d:/readme.txt", "r");


Thank you , now it at last writes finally!

Reads, I hope.
--
Andreas Kähäri
Nov 13 '05 #9
Andreas Kahari <ak*******@freeshell.org> scribbled the following:
In article <91**************************@posting.google.com >,
Taras wrote:
Andreas Kahari <ak*******@freeshell.org> wrote in message
news:<sl**********************@mx.freeshell.org>.. . [cut]
Try writing it as

file = fopen("d:/readme.txt", "r");


Thank you , now it at last writes finally!

Reads, I hope.


No, "writes" is correct. The OP's code:
---------------------------------------------------------------
#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
FILE *file;

file=fopen(d:\readme.txt,"r");
if (file==NULL)
printf("fuck it's not working");
else
printf("finaly");
}
----------------------------------------------------------------
See the last printf() statement.

--
/-- Joona Palaste (pa*****@cc.helsinki.fi) ---------------------------\
| Kingpriest of "The Flying Lemon Tree" G++ FR FW+ M- #108 D+ ADA N+++|
| http://www.helsinki.fi/~palaste W++ B OP+ |
\----------------------------------------- Finland rules! ------------/
Nov 13 '05 #10
In article <bl**********@oravannahka.helsinki.fi>, Joona I Palaste wrote:
Andreas Kahari <ak*******@freeshell.org> scribbled the following:
In article <91**************************@posting.google.com >,
Taras wrote:
Andreas Kahari <ak*******@freeshell.org> wrote in message [cut] file = fopen("d:/readme.txt", "r");
Thank you , now it at last writes finally! Reads, I hope.

No, "writes" is correct. The OP's code:

[cut] See the last printf() statement.

No, that is possibly "displays", but I was concentrating more on
the fopen(), with the "r" mode.
--
Andreas Kähäri
Nov 13 '05 #11
Andreas Kahari <ak*******@freeshell.org> writes:
In article <bl**********@oravannahka.helsinki.fi>, Joona I Palaste wrote:
Andreas Kahari <ak*******@freeshell.org> scribbled the following:
In article <91**************************@posting.google.com >,
Taras wrote:
Andreas Kahari <ak*******@freeshell.org> wrote in message [cut]> file = fopen("d:/readme.txt", "r");
Thank you , now it at last writes finally!
Reads, I hope.

No, "writes" is correct. The OP's code:

[cut]
See the last printf() statement.

No, that is possibly "displays", but I was concentrating more on
the fopen(), with the "r" mode.


You were concentrating wrong. And recall that the C standard has
no notion of "displays". He said what he meant, but he should
have used quotations, and the code's spelling should have been
fixed.

...now it at last writes, "finally"!

-Micah
Nov 13 '05 #12

"Fao, Sean" <en**********@yahoo.comI-WANT-NO-SPAM> wrote in message
news:rK********************@news1.news.adelphia.ne t...

"Taras" <te*****@o2.pl> wrote in message
news:91**************************@posting.google.c om...
I wrote following program:

#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
FILE *file;

file=fopen(d:\readme.txt,"r");


file=fopen("d:\readme.txt", "r");


file = fopen("d:\\readme.txt", "r");

:-)

Nov 13 '05 #13
"Micah Cowan" <mi***@cowan.name> wrote in message
news:m3************@localhost.localdomain...
....
You were concentrating wrong. And recall that the C standard has
no notion of "displays".


5.2.2 Character display semantics

It does have *some* notion.

--
Peter
Nov 13 '05 #14
August Derleth <li*****************@onewest.net> wrote in message news:<Xn**********************************@63.223. 6.93>...

Yes. Any other declaration for main() is nonstandard and is erroneous.
unless, of course, its documented by the implementation.
For
example, void main() is incorrect despite its popularity among the less
intelligent of the book and tutorial writers.

goose,
sometimes it is documented ;-)
Nov 13 '05 #15
In <ff**************************@posting.google.com > ru**@webmail.co.za (goose) writes:
August Derleth <li*****************@onewest.net> wrote in message news:<Xn**********************************@63.223. 6.93>...

Yes. Any other declaration for main() is nonstandard and is erroneous.


unless, of course, its documented by the implementation.


And if the implementation in question claims C99 conformance. In C89,
it doesn't make any difference whether the implementation documents other
main intefaces or not.

Dan
--
Dan Pop
DESY Zeuthen, RZ group
Email: Da*****@ifh.de
Nov 13 '05 #16
Da*****@cern.ch (Dan Pop) wrote in message news:<bl**********@sunnews.cern.ch>...
In <ff**************************@posting.google.com > ru**@webmail.co.za (goose) writes:
August Derleth <li*****************@onewest.net> wrote in message news:<Xn**********************************@63.223. 6.93>...

Yes. Any other declaration for main() is nonstandard and is erroneous.


unless, of course, its documented by the implementation.


And if the implementation in question claims C99 conformance. In C89,
it doesn't make any difference whether the implementation documents other
main intefaces or not.


I'm not sure i follow. the c99 standard says "or some other
implementation-defined manner" after stating the legal return
values and arguments. does the c89 standard say differently with
regard to this ? I would like to see a quote (or perhaps a link).
tia
goose,
(I dont have the c89 standard, i *do* have c99 and the n869 file)
Nov 13 '05 #17
On Sat, 04 Oct 2003 08:55:51 -0700, Taras wrote:
I wrote following program:

#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
FILE *file;

file=fopen(d:\readme.txt,"r");
if (file==NULL)
printf("fuck it's not working");
else
printf("finaly");
}


#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void)
{
FILE *file;
file = fopen ("d:/reame.txt", "r");
if (file == NULL)
printf ("f*** it's not working\n");
else {
printf ("finally\n");
fclose (f);
}
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

I'd say \n is nice if you wish to have portable output, also EXIT_SUCCESS
is far better than guessing some popular value.

Regards

Zygmunt Krynicki

Nov 13 '05 #18
In <ff**************************@posting.google.com > ru**@webmail.co.za (goose) writes:
Da*****@cern.ch (Dan Pop) wrote in message news:<bl**********@sunnews.cern.ch>...
In <ff**************************@posting.google.com > ru**@webmail.co.za (goose) writes:
>August Derleth <li*****************@onewest.net> wrote in message news:<Xn**********************************@63.223. 6.93>...
>>
>> Yes. Any other declaration for main() is nonstandard and is erroneous.
>
>unless, of course, its documented by the implementation.
And if the implementation in question claims C99 conformance. In C89,
it doesn't make any difference whether the implementation documents other
main intefaces or not.


I'm not sure i follow. the c99 standard says "or some other
implementation-defined manner" after stating the legal return
values and arguments. does the c89 standard say differently with
regard to this ?


Yes. Otherwise, I wouldn't have mentioned C99 conformance.
I would like to see a quote (or perhaps a link).


2.1.2.2 Hosted environment

A hosted environment need not be provided, but shall conform to the
following specifications if present.

"Program startup"

The function called at program startup is named main. The
implementation declares no prototype for this function. It can be
defined with no parameters:

int main(void) { /*...*/ }

or with two parameters (referred to here as argc and argv, though any
names may be used, as they are local to the function in which they are
declared):

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { /*...*/ }

If they are defined, the parameters to the main function shall obey
the following constraints:

Dan
--
Dan Pop
DESY Zeuthen, RZ group
Email: Da*****@ifh.de
Nov 13 '05 #19
"Zygmunt Krynicki" <zyga@_CUT_2zyga.MEdyndns._OUT_org> wrote in message news:<pan.2003.10.07.21.10.53.948441@_CUT_2zyga.ME dyndns._OUT_org>...
On Sat, 04 Oct 2003 08:55:51 -0700, Taras wrote:
I wrote following program:

#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
FILE *file;

file=fopen(d:\readme.txt,"r");
if (file==NULL)
printf("fuck it's not working");
else
printf("finaly");
}
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void)
{
FILE *file;
file = fopen ("d:/reame.txt", "r");


file = fopen ("d:/readme.txt", "r"); /* :-) */
if (file == NULL) { printf ("f*** it's not working\n"); return EXIT_FAILURE;
} else { ^^^^^^ <--- no need for that
printf ("finally\n");
fclose (f);
} ^ <--- or that
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

I'd say \n is nice if you wish to have portable output,
or even, any output :-)
also EXIT_SUCCESS
is far better than guessing some popular value.


and returning a non-success value is better than
*always* returning EXIT_SUCCESS, even on failure.

goose,
Nov 13 '05 #20

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