C How to Program, Fifth Edition

Chapter 11. C File Processing

	I read part of it all the way through.
	--Samuel Goldwyn

	Hats off! The flag is passing by.
	--Henry Holcomb Bennett

	Consciousness ... does not appear to itself chopped up in bits. ... A “river” or a “stream” are the metaphors by which it is most naturally described.
	--William James

	I can only assume that a “Do Not File” document is filed in a “Do Not File” file.
	--Senator Frank Church

<feature><title>Objectives</title>

In this chapter, you will learn:

<objective>

To create, read, write and update files.

</objective> <objective>

Sequential access file processing.

</objective> <objective>

Random-access file processing.

</objective> </feature><feature><title>Outline</title>

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Data Hierarchy

11.3 Files ...