#include #include #include #include #include /* * print out some file descriptors */ int main(int argc, char **argv) { int my_file_desc; char file_name[4096]; int i; int r; char *string; if(argc < 2) { printf("need to specify a file name\n"); exit(1); } /* * zero out the buffer for the file name */ for(i=0; i < sizeof(file_name); i++) { file_name[i] = 0; } /* * copy the argument into a local buffer */ strncpy(file_name,argv[1],sizeof(file_name)); file_name[sizeof(file_name)-1] = 0; /* * try and open the file for reading */ my_file_desc = open(file_name,O_RDONLY,0); if(my_file_desc < 0) { printf("failed to open %s for reading\n",file_name); exit(1); } printf("my_file_desc: %d\n",my_file_desc); string = "a string written to standard out\n"; write(1,string,strlen(string)); close(my_file_desc); return(0); }