Linux Program to Append to the End of a File using File Descriptors

This Linux Program illustrates Appending to the End of a File using File Descriptors.

Here is the source code of Linux Program to Append to the End of a File Using File Descriptors. The Linux Program is successfully compiled and run on a Linux system. The program output is also shown below.

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* Linux Program to Append to the End of a File using File Descriptors.

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*/
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#include <stdio.h>
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#include <stdlib.h>
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#include <unistd.h>
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#include <sys/types.h>
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#include <sys/stat.h>
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#include <fcntl.h>
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#include <string.h>
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int main(int argc, char **argv)
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{
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    int fd;
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    char buf[20];
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    size_t nbytes;
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    ssize_t bytes_written;
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    if (argc < 2) {
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        printf("Usage : %s pathname\n", argv[0]);

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        exit(1);
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    }
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    strcpy(buf, "This is a test\n");
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    nbytes = strlen(buf);
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    /* opening the file in append mode */

    if ((fd = open(argv[1], O_WRONLY | O_APPEND)) < 0) {

        perror("Problem in opening the file in append mode");

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        exit(1);
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    }
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    /* writing to the file */
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    if ((bytes_written = write(fd, buf, nbytes)) < 0) {

    	perror("Problem in writing to file");

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    	exit(1);
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    }
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    printf("Successfully written to %s\n", argv[1]);

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    close(fd);
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}
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$ gcc append_to_file.c
$ a.out my_file
 
Successfully written to my_file

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