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From: keith@uw-apl.UUCP (Keith Kerr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: i.o. problem with MPW C
Keywords: MPW, C
Message-ID: <222@uw-apl.UUCP>
Date: 28 Mar 89 18:07:59 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: UW Applied Physics, Seattle
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I've just started using MPW C, and I'm having a problem with
very simple i/o.  I've tried several variations of the following
program (which runs fine on UNIX), but without success.  The
output file gets created, but upon completion it is either
empty, or unreadable.  Any pointers as to what I'm doing 
wrong would be helpful.

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#include <stdio.h> /* for buffered file output */
   
   



int main() /* prints out data to check it */
{
  FILE *out_file, *fopen();
  char *filename = "HD-0:MPW:HistoC:check_file_out";
  int how_much = 64, index, ok;
  
  out_file = fopen(filename, "w");
  if (out_file == NULL)
    {
	  /*SysBeep(5);*/
	  return;
	}
  else
    for (index = 1; index <= how_much; ++index)
      fprintf(out_file, "This shoulda been %d\n", index); 
		
  ok = fclose(out_file); 
  if (ok == (-1))
    {
	  return;
	  /*SysBeep(5);*/
	  /*SysBeep(5);*/
	}
  return(0);
}

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I've tried this with no type dec. for main, with no return,
with no explicit close, etc.  H E L P!!