It might be 'old C', I'm not really sure, but it is the definitive C book.
It's only about 150-200 pages but it can answer just about any C question.
Another thing you might want to try, most unix systems have man pages for
most C functions which are usually pretty helpful; giving examples and
things like that.
> Oeps, found it myself :-) I should have done :
>
> #define LOGFILE "/APPHOME/applogfile"
> ...
> LogFile = fopen(LOGFILE,"w");
>
> I think I should buy a better C-book. My book (a dutch one, not very known)
> defines #define as follows :
>
> #define identifier string
>
> with an example : #define TITLE This is the title.
>
> So I thought that i didn't have to add "" around my logfile-description ...
>
> My friend says that I should buy the K&R but i think I read somewhere that
> it's 'old C', not ANSII C. Is this correct ?
>
>
> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > Van: Johan De Messemaeker
> > Verzonden: dinsdag 2 maart 1999 11:13
> > Aan: Linux-C-Programming mailing list (E-mail)
> > Onderwerp: Yet another beginners question ...
> >
> > I'm writing a program and i have the following question. I'm defining a
> > homedirectory and logfile for my application like this
> >
> > #define LOGFILE /APPHOME/applogfile /* APPHOME is the actual home
> > directory for the application */
> >
> > But when i try to delete the old logfile and open the logfile like below,
> > it doesn't work (it won't access the file described as above, instead, it
> > creates a file LOGFILE in the directory where i run the program.
> >
> > FILE *LogFile;
> > remove("LOGFILE"); /* First remove the old logfile */
> > LogFile = fopen("LOGFILE", "w");
> >
> > .
> > .
> > do some stuff
> > .
> > .
> > fclose("LOGFILE");
> >
> > What is the problem ?
> >
> > De Messemaeker Johan
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