August 2019
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
extern int errno;
int main() {
// pointer to file
FILE *file;
// error
int errnum;
// open file that does not exist
file = fopen("file_does_not_exist", "rb"); // error returns -1 or NULL
if (file == NULL) {
// store error code
errnum = errno;
// print error code
fprintf(stderr, "error code: %d\n", errno);
// error code: 2
// perror to print string representation of error code
perror("");
// No such file or directory
// strerror to print pointer to string representation of error code
fprintf(stderr, "error opening file: %s\n", strerror(errnum));
// error opening file: No such file or directory
} else {
fclose(file);
}
// exit codes
if (1 == 0) {
// exit as failure (since something must be wrong?)
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
} else {
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
}