09-16-2005
thanx for telling abt fseek().
I agree with you.
but in my case, i know the number of lines in the text file but am not aware of what the length of each line is going to be.
eg:format of the text file
Username : xyz
Machine : 10.101.11.41
Priority : 1
Status : 01
Type :
Time_of_Submittion : 00:00:00
Time_of_Execution : 00:00:00
Time_of_Completion : 00:00:00
Kill : 0
Iteration : 2000/10000
my text file will have a fixed number of rows (eg: 10 in this case). but their values might change with time(eg:username can change to abcd, machine:101.101.101.101...and so on..)
So if i want to read the value of status how do i go about it. to use fseek() i need to know the offset value.
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explain_fseek_or_die
explain_fseek_or_die(3) Library Functions Manual explain_fseek_or_die(3)
NAME
explain_fseek_or_die - reposition a stream and report errors
SYNOPSIS
#include <libexplain/fseek.h>
void explain_fseek_or_die(FILE *fp, long offset, int whence);
int explain_fseek_on_error(FILE *fp, long offset, int whence);
DESCRIPTION
The explain_fseek_or_die function is used to call the fseek(3) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr, obtained
from the explain_fseek(3) function, and then the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE).
The explain_fseek_on_error function is used to call the fseek(3) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr, obtained
from the explain_fseek(3) function, but still returns to the caller.
fp The fp, exactly as to be passed to the fseek(3) system call.
offset The offset, exactly as to be passed to the fseek(3) system call.
whence The whence, exactly as to be passed to the fseek(3) system call.
RETURN VALUE
The explain_fseek_or_die function only returns on success, see fseek(3) for more information. On failure, prints an explanation and exits,
it does not return.
The explain_fseek_on_error function always returns the value return by the wrapped fseek(3) system call.
EXAMPLE
The explain_fseek_or_die function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following example:
explain_fseek_or_die(fp, offset, whence);
SEE ALSO
fseek(3)
reposition a stream
explain_fseek(3)
explain fseek(3) errors
exit(2) terminate the calling process
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Copyright (C) 2010 Peter Miller
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