Re: [Dev-C++] opening files in c

[daniel <mag...@nt...>]

Okay, thtat explains a lot. Thanks for the help everyone who responded.

Daniel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Per Westermark" <pw...@ia...>
To: "daniel" <mag...@nt...>
Cc: <Dev...@li...>;
<Mat...@Ve...>
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] opening files in c


> There are no include file called "cstdio.h"
>
> In older c++, the file was called "stdlib.h" and was actually part of the
> C standard. In the current C++ standard, the file is called "cstdlib",
> i.e. no ".h" extension. If you look at the answer you got before, it shows
> <cstdlib>, i.e. your like should look like:
>
> #include <cstdlib>
>
> /Per W
>
> On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, daniel wrote:
>
> > Thnaks for the help. I tried using the execute statement but it cam up
with
> > the following error:
> >
> > "/Programming/c_programming/c/practical_c/file_execute.c
> > D:\Programming\c_programming\c\practical_c\D cstdlib.h: No such file or
> > directory."
> >
> > It seems as if its looking for the header file in the same directory as
the
> > source file. Why does it only do this with <cstdlib.h> and not
<stdlib.h> or
> > indeed <stdio.h>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <Mat...@Ve...>
> > To: <mag...@nt...>; <Dev...@li...>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 11:07 PM
> > Subject: RE: [Dev-C++] opening files in c
> >
> >
> > > OK,
> > >
> > > Your terms are mixed up. In C/C++, opening a file means getting it
ready
> > to
> > > be read and/or written from/into by your code.
> > >
> > > Open does _not_ mean to execute a file. For executing a file, you need
> > > system() which is in <cstdlib>.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: dev...@li...
> > > [mailto:dev...@li...]On Behalf Of daniel
> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 2:59 PM
> > > To: Dev...@li...
> > > Subject: [Dev-C++] opening files in c
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >         I am writing a program which asks the user whether they want
to
> > > execute (open) a batch file or not.
> > > I tried using the fopen function but it seems to only enable you to
write
> > to
> > > a file or read from a file (e.g. calculate the number of words in a
given
> > > file).
> > > What I want to do is open an external file. Is there a command for
this?
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