EBK COMPUTER SYSTEMS
EBK COMPUTER SYSTEMS
3rd Edition
ISBN: 8220101459107
Author: O'HALLARON
Publisher: YUZU
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Chapter 10, Problem 10.6HW
Program Plan Intro

Opening and Closing files:

Using “Open” function, a process can open an existing file or generates a new file.

  • This function is used to converts a filename to a file descriptor and returns the result as a descriptor number.
  • The descriptor returned is always the lowest descriptor that is not presently open in the process.
  • Each process in the LINUX begins life with three open files.
    • Descriptor 0 – standard input.
    • Descriptor 1 – standard output.
    • Descriptor 2 – standard error.
  • The “Open” function consists of three arguments. That is “Open(filename, flags, mode)”.
    • The argument “filename” defines the name of the given file
    • The argument “flags” represents how the process plans to access the file. Some flags names are as follows.
      • O_RDONLY – it means reading only.
      • O_WRONLY – it means writing only.
      • O_RDWR – it means reading and writing.
    • The “mode” argument identifies the access permission bits of new files.

Example:

The example for open an existing file for reading is shown below:

sample1 = Open("foo1.txt", O_RDONLY, 0);

From the above “open” function,

  • The filename is “foo1.txt”.
  • Flag name is “O_RDONLY”.
  • Mode is “0”.

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Corresponding code from given question:

Main.c:

//Header file

#include "csapp.h"

//Main function

int main()

{

  //Declare int variable

  int fd1, fd2;

/* Open the file "foo.txt" using "Open" function and store descriptor number in fd1 */

  fd1 = Open("foo.txt",O_RDONLY, 0);

/* Open the file "bar.txt" using "open" function and store descriptor number in fd2 */

    fd2 = Open("bar.txt",O_RDONLY, 0);

  //Frees up the descriptor number in "fd2"

  Close(fd2);

/* Open the file "baz.txt" using "Open" function and store descriptor number in fd2 */

  fd2 = Open("baz.txt",O_RDONLY, 0);

  //Display the descriptor number in "fd2"

  printf("fd2 = %d\n", fd2);

  //Exit the process

  exit(0);

}

Explanation:

The given code is used to returns the descriptor number for given file.

  • Include the header file
  • Define the main function.
    • Declare two variables “fd1” and “fd2” in “int” data type.
    • Open the file “foo.txt” using “Open” function and store its descriptor number in “fd1”.
    • Open the file “bar.txt” using “Open” function and store its descriptor number in “fd2”.
    • Frees up the descriptor number in “fd2” using “Close” function.
    • Open the file “baz.txt” using “Open” function and store its descriptor number in “fd2”.
    • Then displays the descriptor number in “fd2”.
    • Finally exit the process using “exit” function.
  • Before run the program, user needs to create the three files “foo.txt”, “bar.txt” and “baz.txt”.

Reasons for displaying given output:

  • The “Open” function always returned the smallest unopened descriptor.
  • From the given code, first call to “Open” returns the descriptor 3 that is the descriptor 3 is in “fd1”.
  • Then call to “Open” returns the descriptor 4 that is the descriptor 4 is in “fd2”.
  • After that “fd2” frees up using “Close” function.
  • Now, call to “Open” function returns the descriptor 4 in “fd2”. Therefore, the output of the given code is “fd2 = 4”.
Sample Output

fd2 = 4

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