[NoRemorse]

#include <stdio.h>
 main()
  {

    char Row[80];

    FILE *SF, *VF;

    SF = fopen("Input.txt","r");

    VF = fopen("Output.txt","w");

    fgets(Row, 80, SF);

    fprintf(VF, "%s", Row);

    fclose(VF);

    fclose(SF);

    system("pause");

  }

Can any1 tell me how can I copy more than just one row? I wrote this based on my material that my professor gave me, but there is no info about how can I copy more than one row.

[diego_pmc]

See the fread and fwrite functions.
Alternatively, you could still copy the whole file line by line by using loops.

This post has been edited by diego_pmc: 27 January 2011 - 12:00 PM

[eker676]

Try something like this:

while(!fgets(Row, 80, SF))
{
  fprintf(VF, "%s", Row);
}

My C is a little rusty but that should read until the end of the file and write the contents to VF.

[NoRemorse]

eker676, on 27 January 2011 - 01:14 PM, said:

Try something like this:

while(!fgets(Row, 80, SF))
{
  fprintf(VF, "%s", Row);
}

My C is a little rusty but that should read until the end of the file and write the contents to VF.

Unfortunately it does not...

[baavgai]

If your goal is simply to copy a file, even just a text file, ignore string function. Basically, you want to read all the data and write all the data.

If you do it a byte at a time, you can do this:

#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
	FILE *SF, *VF;

	SF = fopen("Input.txt","rb"); /* note the "b" */
	VF = fopen("Output.txt","wb");
	while (!feof(SF)) {
		fputc ( (fgetc(SF), VF);
	}
	fclose(VF);
	fclose(SF);

	return 0
}

For extra credit, set up a buffer and use fread and fwrite to grab binary chunks instead of just bytes.

[NoRemorse]

baavgai, on 29 January 2011 - 04:38 AM, said:

If your goal is simply to copy a file, even just a text file, ignore string function. Basically, you want to read all the data and write all the data.

If you do it a byte at a time, you can do this:

#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
	FILE *SF, *VF;

	SF = fopen("Input.txt","rb"); /* note the "b" */
	VF = fopen("Output.txt","wb");
	while (!feof(SF)) {
		fputc ( (fgetc(SF), VF);
	}
	fclose(VF);
	fclose(SF);

	return 0
}

For extra credit, set up a buffer and use fread and fwrite to grab binary chunks instead of just bytes.

It says there is a syntax error before ; token in line 8

[JackOfAllTrades]

Do the parentheses match up here?

fputc ( (fgetc(SF), VF);

[Salem_c]

baavgai's answer at post #5 trips up in using feof() to control a loop.
http://sourceforge.n....php?title=Feof

feof() returns the state of a past event (say a file read). It is not a measure of the current state, nor a prediction of a future state.
If you have a 10 byte file, and you read 10 characters, you will be at the end of the file, but feof() will still be false. It is the 11'th read that sets the state (and the 11'th read will also return it's own EOF state as well).

int c;
while ( (c=fgetc(SF)) != EOF ) {
  fputc ( c, VF);
}

[baavgai]

I suspected the feof would bork, but the best way to find out is to try. The missing syntax was unintentional, however.

Honestly, I'd generally used fread for such an application. The function returns number of bytes read, so you needn't worry about the messy before/after logic of EOF checks.