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Assignment 1

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#include <stdio.

h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/types.h>

#define BUF_SIZE 4096

// Function to copy contents from source file descriptor to destination file


descriptor
int my_copy(int source_fd, int dest_fd) {
char buffer[BUF_SIZE];
ssize_t bytesRead, bytesWritten;

// Copy loop
while ((bytesRead = read(source_fd, buffer, BUF_SIZE)) > 0) {
bytesWritten = write(dest_fd, buffer, bytesRead);

// Check for write errors


if (bytesWritten != bytesRead) {
perror("Write error");
return -1;
}
}

// Check for read errors


if (bytesRead < 0) {
perror("Read error");
return -1;
}

return 0;
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {


// Check for the correct number of arguments
if (argc < 3) {
fprintf(stderr, "Insufficient arguments\n");
fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [option] source_file dest_file\n", argv[0]);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

// Parse command line arguments


int preserve_permissions = 0;
if (argc == 4 && strcmp(argv[1], "-p") == 0) {
preserve_permissions = 1;
}

char *source_file = argv[argc - 2];


char *dest_file = argv[argc - 1];

// Open source file for reading


int source_fd = open(source_file, O_RDONLY);
if (source_fd == -1) {
perror("Error opening source file");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
// Check if destination file exists
int dest_fd;
struct stat dest_stat;
if (stat(dest_file, &dest_stat) == 0) {
// Destination file exists

// Ask user for confirmation to overwrite


printf("File \"%s\" is already exists. Do you want to overwrite (Y/n)? ",
dest_file);
char response;
scanf(" %c", &response);

if (response != 'Y' && response != 'y') {


// User chose not to overwrite
close(source_fd);
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}

// Open destination file for writing, truncating it to 0 size


dest_fd = open(dest_file, O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC);
} else {
// Destination file does not exist, create a new one
dest_fd = open(dest_file, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, 0666);
}

if (dest_fd == -1) {
perror("Error opening destination file");
close(source_fd);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

// Copy contents from source to destination


if (my_copy(source_fd, dest_fd) == -1) {
// Error during copy
close(source_fd);
close(dest_fd);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

// Preserve permissions if the -p option is specified


if (preserve_permissions) {
if (fchmod(dest_fd, dest_stat.st_mode) == -1) {
perror("Error preserving permissions");
close(source_fd);
close(dest_fd);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
}

// Close file descriptors


close(source_fd);
close(dest_fd);

printf("File copied successfully\n");

return 0;
}

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