Programming :: Read Text File (Distribute Its Contents)
Jan 22, 2011
How can read the file /var/etc/allInOne.cfg and distribute its contents on multiple cfg files using C language. /var/etc/allInOne.cfg contain the data and the path of each text file.
The source file "/var/etc/allInOne.cfg "look like this:
line1
line2
...
line10
filePath:/var/etc/file1.cfg
line12
line13
...
line14
filePath:/var/etc/file2.cfg
linen
..
filePath:/var/etc/filen.cfg
the result will be :
The expected result is:
/var/etc/file1.cfg will contain line1 to line10
/var/etc/file2.cfg will contain line 12 to line13
/var/etc/filen.cfg will contain linen to linen-1
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Code: Person A 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200
Person B 1200 1100 1000 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100
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I have written the following code but it does not work:
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