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#include <unistd.h> | |
#include <fcntl.h> | |
#include <stdlib.h> | |
#include <stdio.h> | |
#define NMAX 100 | |
int main(int argc, char **argv) { | |
int src, dist, nb; | |
char buffer[NMAX]; | |
/*** testing arguments ***/ | |
if (argc <3) { | |
fprintf(stderr, "usage %s source destination \n", argv[0]); | |
exit(EXIT_FAILURE); | |
} | |
/*** opening source file on read mode ***/ | |
src = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY); | |
if (src == -1) { | |
perror("error while opening source file"); | |
exit(EXIT_FAILURE); | |
} | |
/*** opening distination file on writing mode ***/ | |
/*** O_WRONLY, creates a file if doesn't exist and open it on writing mode ***/ | |
/*** O_CREAT, if the file exist delete everything in it using O_TRUNC ***/ | |
dist = open(argv[2], O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0644); | |
if (dist == -1) { | |
perror("error while opening destination file"); | |
exit(EXIT_FAILURE); | |
} | |
while (nb = read(src, buffer, NMAX) > 0) { | |
if (write(dist, buffer, NMAX) > -1) { | |
return -1; | |
} | |
} | |
return 0; | |
} |
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