From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Problem writing in a file... the sequel
Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 20:12:19 -0400
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JCx wrote:
> 
>    Hi again... as many guys told me, I've modified my program (see a few
> posts before this one), which now creates a copy of the first one with the
> string added. But the problem is: the read/write loop never ends. Any idea ?

You are never actually checking for fgets() returning NULL.  The buffer
isn't changed, it's the return value of the function you must test.

Also, I don't have the slightest clue why you are doing your string
checking in such an awful way.  Let me give you some better code:

/* addv.c */

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

FILE *source;
FILE *destination;
char texte[80];

int main(void)
{
   printf("\nOpening file.");
   source=fopen("test.ini","r");
   if ( source == NULL )
   {
      perror( "test.ini" );
      exit( 1 );
   }
   destination=fopen("new.ini","w");
   if ( destination == NULL )
   {
      perror( "new.ini" );
      exit(1);
   }
   printf("\nFile opened.");
   while ( fgets( texte, 80, source ) ) != NULL )
   {
      fputs(texte,destination);
      if ( strstr( texte, "[drivers32]" ) )
      {
         fprintf(destination,"test string\n");
         printf("\nString added.\n");
      }
   }
   fclose(source);
   fclose(destination);
   printf("\nModification OK.\n");
   return 0;
}


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