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FILE Stream feof Function

Usage:

The feof function is used to test whether the file pointer is at the end of the file.

Prototype:

int feof (FILE * Stream);

Argument:

Stream: Pointer to an open FILE structure.

Header Files:

stdio.h: (feof)
errno.h: (errno values)

Returns:

0: File pointer is not at end of file.
1: File pointer is at end of file. (Set after end of file has been passed.)

Side Effect:

errno

Iff the read fails, the global variable errno is set to error code

EBADF: Handle not open

Example:

#include <stdio.h> 
 .  .  .
  FILE *    Account_Master;
  char      Buffer [100];
  int       Maximum;
  int       Actual;
    .  .  .
  Maximum = 100;
    .  .  .
  Account_Master = fopen ("accounts.dat", "r");
    .  .  .
  Actual = fread (Buffer, 1, Maximum, Account_Master);
  while (!feof (Account_Master)) {
    .  .  .
    Actual = fread (Buffer, 1, Maximum, Account_Master);
}

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