15 Command Line Arguments and Raw I/O
In this chapter, we explore how command line arguments allow the operating system to pass information to a program when the program is invoked. We also take a look at another feature that’s close to the operating system: the raw input/output (I/O) system. This system lets us precisely control how a program performs I/O. Done right, it can be a tremendous asset to a program.
We’ll use the raw I/O system to perform a high-speed file copy. This program will also use command line arguments to specify the source and destination files, so we don’t need to hardcode them into the program.
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