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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 18:23:15 -0300
To: phreadd AT powerup DOT com DOT au, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Cesar Scarpini Rabak <csrabak AT dce03 DOT ipt DOT br>
Subject: Re: writing a program that reads .txt files
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At 08:56 12/06/97 GMT, David Orme wrote:
[snipped]

>This will output a text file to the screen, like type.exe:
>
><-------------------------BEGIN----------------------------->
>
>#include <stdio.h>
>
>main()
>{
>  FILE *f;
>  char ch;
>
>  /* open the file, "rt" means "read, text"       */
>  /* if it doesn't work, it might require double  */
>  /* slashes. ie. "c://files//sample.txt"         */
>  f=fopen("c:/files/sample.txt","rt");
>
>  /* read a char from the file */
>  fscanf("%c",&ch);
>
>  /* is it the end of the file yet? */
>  while(c!=EOF){
>
>    /* write the char to the screen */
>    prinf("%c",ch);
>
>    /* read another character */
>    fscanf("%c",&ch);
>  }
>
>  /* close the file */
>  fclose(f);
>
>  return 0;
>}
>
><------------------------------END-------------------------->
>
>Hope this helps.

Have you tested this piece of code before posting here?
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