This chapter discusses reading from and writing to binary files in C. It covers the differences between text and binary files, standard library functions for working with files, including block and formatted input/output, and examples of reading and writing structured data from files as well as file positioning. The objectives are to understand binary files and file I/O, be able to process files randomly, create text from binary and vice versa, and implement file merging and updates.
This chapter discusses reading from and writing to binary files in C. It covers the differences between text and binary files, standard library functions for working with files, including block and formatted input/output, and examples of reading and writing structured data from files as well as file positioning. The objectives are to understand binary files and file I/O, be able to process files randomly, create text from binary and vice versa, and implement file merging and updates.
This chapter discusses reading from and writing to binary files in C. It covers the differences between text and binary files, standard library functions for working with files, including block and formatted input/output, and examples of reading and writing structured data from files as well as file positioning. The objectives are to understand binary files and file I/O, be able to process files randomly, create text from binary and vice versa, and implement file merging and updates.
This chapter discusses reading from and writing to binary files in C. It covers the differences between text and binary files, standard library functions for working with files, including block and formatted input/output, and examples of reading and writing structured data from files as well as file positioning. The objectives are to understand binary files and file I/O, be able to process files randomly, create text from binary and vice versa, and implement file merging and updates.
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Chapter 13
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
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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
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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
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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.
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Table 13-1 File Modes
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FIGURE 13-4 File States
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FIGURE 13-5 File-Opening Modes
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13-2 Standard Library Functions for Files C has eight categories of standard file library functions. We have already discussed the first four in Chapter 7 and Chapter 11. 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 Computer Science: A Structured Programming Approach Using C 11 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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