Language Ccpp Cref Examples Copy_file.c

/ ************************************************************************
 *
 * Purpose: To copy a file (Unix 'cp' command).
 * Author: M J Leslie
 * Date: 16-May-96
 *
 ************************************************************************/
#include <stdio.h>
main()
{
 int c;			/* Character read/written between files */
 FILE *IPFile;			/* Pointer to the I/P file. FILE is a 
				 structure defined in <stdio.h>	*/
 FILE *OPFile;
				/* Open the file - no error checking done */
 IPFile = fopen("/etc/hosts","r");
 OPFile = fopen("/tmp/hosts","w");
				/* Read one character at a time, checking 
				 for the End of File. EOF is defined 
				 in <stdio.h> as -1 			*/
 while ((c = fgetc(IPFile)) != EOF)
 {
 fputc(c, OPFile);		/* O/P the character 			*/
 }
 fclose(IPFile);		/* Close the files.			*/
 fclose(OPFile);		/* Close the files.			*/
}

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