C File Management
Contents
- File management in C
- File operation functions in C
- Defining and opening a file
- Closing a file
- The getw and putw functions
- The fprintf & fscanf functions
- Random access to files
- fseek function.
File Operations
C supports a number of functions that have the ability to perform basic file operations, which include:
1. Naming a file
2. Opening a file
3. Reading from a file
4. Writing data into a file
5. Closing a file
File Operations
Function NameOperation
fopen() Creates a new file for use, Opens a new existing file for use
Fclose() Closes file which has been opened for use
getc() Reads a character from a file
putc() Writes a character to a file
fprintf() Writes a set of data values to a file
fscanf() Reads a set of data values from a file
getw() Reads a integer from a file
putw() Writes an integer to the file
fseek() Sets the position to a desired point in the file
ftell() Gives the current position in the file
rewind() Sets the position to the beginning of the file
