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File Operations in C Programming

The document contains several C programs demonstrating file operations such as creating, writing, reading, deleting, copying, merging files, and using functions like fseek, ftell, rewind, fprintf, and fscanf. Each program is structured to perform specific tasks related to file handling, showcasing basic input/output operations and error handling. Overall, it serves as a practical guide for understanding file manipulation in C programming.

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File Operations in C Programming

The document contains several C programs demonstrating file operations such as creating, writing, reading, deleting, copying, merging files, and using functions like fseek, ftell, rewind, fprintf, and fscanf. Each program is structured to perform specific tasks related to file handling, showcasing basic input/output operations and error handling. Overall, it serves as a practical guide for understanding file manipulation in C programming.

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/* Program to create a new file(w mode) & write(fputc()) the contents onto the file */

#include<stdio.h>

Int main()

FILE *fp;

char ch;

fp=fopen("xyz.txt","w"); //opens the file in write mode.

if(fp==NULL)

printf("file not found");

while(1)

ch=getchar(); //reads characters from keyboard

if(ch==EOF)

break;

fputc(ch,fp);//writes characters to the file

fclose(fp); //closes the file

2. /*Program to read the contents from a file and display on the screen */

#include<stdio.h>

Int main()

{
FILE *fp;

char ch;

fp=fopen("xyz.txt","r");

if(fp==NULL)

printf("file not found");

while(1)

ch=fgetc(fp);

if(ch==EOF)

break;

putchar(ch);

fclose(fp);

3. /*Program to remove a file*/

#include<stdio.h>

Int main()

FILE *fp;

char fname[20],ch;

puts("enter file name");

gets(fname);
fp=fopen(fname,"r");

if(fp==NULL)

printf("enter the file not found");

fclose(fp);

unlink(fname);

fp=fopen(fname,"r");

if(fp==NULL)

printf("file deleted successfully");

fclose(fp);

return 0;

4. /*Copy the contents of one file to another file

and display the content of destination file*/

#include<stdio.h>

#define size 10

Int main()

FILE *fr=fopen("one.txt","r"); //opens the file in r mode

FILE *fw=fopen("two.txt","w"); //opens 2nd file in w mode


char str[size];

if(fr && fw)

//reading data from 1st file

while(fgets(str,size,fr)!=NULL)

fputs(str,fw);//writing data to 2nd file

fclose(fr);

fclose(fw);

FILE *fp=fopen("two.txt","r");//opens 2nd file

if(fp!=NULL)

char ch=fgetc(fp);

while(ch!=EOF)

printf("%c",ch);

ch=fgetc(fp);

}
return 0;

5. /*file merge*/

/* Program to merge two files into third file*/

#include<stdio.h>

Int main()

{ char c;

FILE *p1=fopen("one.txt","r");//opens 1st file in r mode

FILE *p2=fopen("two.txt","r");//opens 2nd file

FILE *p3=fopen("three.txt","w");//opens 3rd file w mode

while((c=fgetc(p1))!=EOF) //reading from 1st file

fputc(c,p3); //writing to 3rd file

while((c=fgetc(p2))!=EOF) //reading from 2nd file

fputc(c,p3); //writing to 3rd file

fclose(p3); //close 3rd file

fclose(p1); //close 1st file

fclose(p2);//close 2nd file

}
6. //program to demonstrate fseek()

#include<stdio.h>

int main()

FILE *fp;

fp=fopen("demo.txt","w+");

fputs("computers",fp);

fseek(fp,9,SEEK_SET);

fputs("science",fp);

fclose(fp);

return 0;

7. /*Program to demonstrate fseek(), ftell(),rewind() & fputs()*/

#include<stdio.h>

main()

FILE *fp;

fp=fopen("pps.txt","w+");

fputs("welcometoclab",fp);//writes data to a file

fseek(fp,0,SEEK_END);//it will bring the pointer to end of the file content with 0 distance*/

printf("%d\n",ftell(fp));//prints the pointer position.

rewind(fp);//sets the file pointer to the begining of a file

printf("%d",ftell(fp));
fclose(fp);

8. /*Program to demonstrate fprintf() and fscanf()*/

#include<stdio.h>

main()

FILE *fp;

fp=fopen("mid.txt","w+");

int a;

float b;

char ch[20];

printf("enter data");

scanf("%d%f%s",&a,&b,ch);

fprintf(fp,"%d%f%s",a,b,ch);

rewind(fp);

fscanf(fp,"%d%f%s",&a,&b,ch);

printf("after reading from file");

printf("%d%f%s",a,b,ch);

fclose(fp);

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