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From: bonak%cs.uiowa.edu@RELAY.CS.NET (Esmail Bonakdarian)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: 2 questions (Turbo C)
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Date: Fri, 28-Aug-87 01:25:57 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 28 01:25:57 1987
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I am using Turbo C and have the following problem trying to
open a file in a program: 


   if ( (infile = fopen("c:\temp\helpfile", "r")) == NULL )
     { fprintf(stderr, "Input file HELPFILE not found.");
       exit(1);
     }

always results in the error message. It seems that I can't specify
a path along with the file name. I have no problems when I just use
"helpfile" 

   if ( (infile = fopen("helpfile", "r")) == NULL )
     { fprintf(stderr, "Input file HELPFILE not found.");
       exit(1);
     }

alone and execute the program in the same directory as the
helpfile. Is there a way to specify the location of a file in some
(other) directory? I'd like to be able to specify a file in a directory
other than the current one.

Also does anybody know a way of getting MS-DOS to use the return value of
an exit(value) in a program?  I.e. I'd like to know (at a DOS level)
whether a program terminated with exit(0) or exit(1).

thanks in advance for any info.

esmail