Beginning C: From Beginner to Pro

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G. Gonzalez-Morris, I. HortonBeginning Chttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0149-5_12

12. Working with Files

German Gonzalez-Morris¹   and Ivor Horton²

(1)

Santiago, Chile

(2)

STRATFORD UPON AVON, UK

 

If your computer could only ever process data stored within the main memory of the machine, the scope and variety of applications you could deal with would be severely limited. Virtually, all serious business applications require more data than would fit into the main memory and depend on the ability to process data that’s persistent and stored on an external device such as a disk drive. In this chapter, you’ll explore how you can process data stored in files.

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