/* This program counts the number of bytes in a C source file. The program prompts the user for a file name and then concatenates the ".c" extension to this name. It uses the function getc to read the characters. program from "Applications Programming in ANSI C" by Hohnsonbaugh & Kalin */ #include<stdlib.h> #include<stdio.h> #include<string.h> main( ) { FILE* fptr; char extension[] = ".c"; char file_name[FILENAME_MAX]; /* defined in stdio.h*/ int char_count; printf("\n\n\tFile name (NO extension):\t"); scanf("%s",file_name); strcat(file_name,extension); fptr=fopen(file_name,"rb"); for(char_count=0; getc(fptr) !=EOF; ++char_count); printf("\n\tByte size:\t%d", char_count); fclose(fptr); return EXIT_SUCCESS; }