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Binary Input/Output

Objectives
❏ To understand the differences between text and binary files
❏ To write programs that read, write, and/or append binary files
❏ To be able to detect and take appropriate action when file errors occur
❏ To be able to process files randomly
❏ To be able to create text files from binary files and vice versa
❏ To understand and be able to implement file merges
❏ To understand and be able to implement the classic sequential file update

13-1 Text versus Binary Streams

In this section, we compare and contrast text streams

versus binary streams.

Topics discussed in this section:

Text and Binary Files
Differences between Text and Binary Files
State of a File
Opening Binary Files
Closing Binary Files

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FIGURE 13-1 Reading and Writing Text Files

Note
Formatted input/output, character input/output, and string
input/output functions can be used only with text files.

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FIGURE 13-2 Block Input and Output

FIGURE 13-3 Binary and Text Files

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Note
Text files store data as a sequence of characters; binary files
store data as they are stored in primary memory.

Table 13-1 File Modes

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FIGURE 13-4 File States

FIGURE 13-5 File-Opening Modes

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13-2 Standard Library Functions

for Files

We discuss the other four categories, which are more

related to binary files, in this section.

Topics discussed in this section:

Block Input/Output Functions
File Status FunctionsComments
Positioning Functions
System File Operations
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FIGURE 13-6 Types of Standard Input/Output Functions

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FIGURE 13-7 File Read Operation

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PROGRAM 13-1 Read File of Integers

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FIGURE 13-8 Reading a Structure

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PROGRAM 13-2 Read Student File

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FIGURE 13-9 File Write Operation

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FIGURE 13-10 Writing a Structure

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PROGRAM 13-3 Write Structured Data

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FIGURE 13-11 Rewind File

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FIGURE 13-12 Current Location (ftell) Operation

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FIGURE 13-13 File Seek Operation

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PROGRAM 13-4 Append Two Binary Files

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PROGRAM 13-4 Append Two Binary Files

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PROGRAM 13-4 Append Two Binary Files

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