Re: how to modify a txt file

From: Jacob Oost (zork_at_columbus.rr.com)
Date: 01/31/05 

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 03:44:53 GMT

Jerry wrote:
> Hi, everybody:
>
> I want to modify a portion of a txt file. The way I do it is to
> open the file in read mode, and create a new file, and delete the old
> file, and rename the new file.
> I am wondering if this is a common practice of modifying a file in
> C, is there any other way to do it?
> Thank you all for your attention.
>
>
> --Jerry
>

Couldn't you just open a new file for reading or writing?

fptr = fopen("filename", "r+");

Of course you'd do the standard error-checking. I'm new to this but
isn't that what you want? According to my book, "r+" opens an existing
file for reading or writing. 

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