[breekbot]

This is one of my attemps but it doesnt work! im out of ideas google wasnt verry helpfull.
Thanx in advance!

breekbot

#include <stdio.h>
main() {
  
char filename[20];

printf("Enter filename:\n");

scanf("%c",&filename);

  FILE *file;

  file = fopen("path to filename %c", "w+", filename); /* <-----------this doesnt work*/
  
  if(file==NULL) {
	printf("Error: can't create file.\n");
	
	return 1;
  }
  else {
	printf("File created. Now closing it...\n");
	fclose(file);
	return 0;
  }
}

This post has been edited by breekbot: 01 August 2008 - 08:55 AM

[NickDMax]

Yea, fopen does not stand for "formatted open" but "file open" so you can't really expect it to work like printf or scanf...

file = fopen(filename, "w+"); may work better.

but apparently you want to be able to add a path to the file name, in this case you may want to look into using strcat() or if you are a big fan of the printf() style formatting then you can try sprintf() which allows you to format a string using a "printf" style function.

by the way, when reading in your file name, you may wish to use "%19c" to ensure the user does not cause a buffer overrun error by typing more than 19 characters.

[breekbot]

NickDMax, on 1 Aug, 2008 - 09:11 AM, said:

Yea, fopen does not stand for "formatted open" but "file open" so you can't really expect it to work like printf or scanf...

file = fopen(filename, "w+"); may work better.

but apparently you want to be able to add a path to the file name, in this case you may want to look into using strcat() or if you are a big fan of the printf() style formatting then you can try sprintf() which allows you to format a string using a "printf" style function.

by the way, when reading in your file name, you may wish to use "%19c" to ensure the user does not cause a buffer overrun error by typing more than 19 characters.

Both of your suggestions are really help full thank you very much !!!

breekbot