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Description

Appends files to a file

Demo Code

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

#define BUFSIZE 4096/*from ww  w  .  j ava 2 s. c  om*/
#define SLEN 81

void append(FILE *source, FILE *dest);
char * s_gets(char * st, int n);

int main(void){
    FILE *fa, *fs;  // fa for append file, fs for source file
    int files = 0;  // number of files appended
    char file_app[SLEN];  // name of append file
    char file_src[SLEN];  // name of source file
    int ch;
    
    puts("Enter name of destination file:");
    s_gets(file_app, SLEN);
    if ((fa = fopen(file_app, "a+")) == NULL){
        fprintf(stderr, "Can't open %s\n", file_app);
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }
    if (setvbuf(fa, NULL, _IOFBF, BUFSIZE) != 0)
    {
        fputs("Can't create output buffer\n", stderr);
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }
    puts("Enter name of first source file (empty line to quit):");
    while (s_gets(file_src, SLEN) && file_src[0] != '\0')
    {
        if (strcmp(file_src, file_app) == 0)
            fputs("Can't append file to itself\n",stderr);
        else if ((fs = fopen(file_src, "r")) == NULL)
            fprintf(stderr, "Can't open %s\n", file_src);
        else
        {
            if (setvbuf(fs, NULL, _IOFBF, BUFSIZE) != 0)
            {
                fputs("Can't create input buffer\n",stderr);
                continue;
            }
            append(fs, fa);
            if (ferror(fs) != 0)
                fprintf(stderr,"Error in reading file %s.\n",
                        file_src);
            if (ferror(fa) != 0)
                fprintf(stderr,"Error in writing file %s.\n",
                        file_app);
            fclose(fs);
            files++;
            printf("File %s appended.\n", file_src);
            puts("Next file (empty line to quit):");
        }
    }
    printf("Done appending. %d files appended.\n", files);
    rewind(fa);
    printf("%s contents:\n", file_app);
    while ((ch = getc(fa)) != EOF)
        putchar(ch);
    fclose(fa);
    
    return 0;
}

void append(FILE *source, FILE *dest)
{
    size_t bytes;
    static char temp[BUFSIZE]; // allocate once
    
    while ((bytes = fread(temp,sizeof(char),BUFSIZE,source)) > 0)
        fwrite(temp, sizeof (char), bytes, dest);
}

char * s_gets(char * st, int n)
{
    char * ret_val;
    char * find;
    
    ret_val = fgets(st, n, stdin);
    if (ret_val)
    {
        find = strchr(st, '\n');   // look for newline
        if (find)                  // if the address is not NULL,
            *find = '\0';          // place a null character there
        else
            while (getchar() != '\n')
                continue;
    }
    return ret_val;
}

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