/* OPEN.C - Routine for opening file that might be stdin/stdout. */ /* Copyright (c) 2001 by Radford M. Neal * * Permission is granted for anyone to copy, use, modify, or distribute this * program and accompanying programs and documents for any purpose, provided * this copyright notice is retained and prominently displayed, along with * a note saying that the original programs are available from Radford Neal's * web page, and note is made of any changes made to the programs. The * programs and documents are distributed without any warranty, express or * implied. As the programs were written for research purposes only, they have * not been tested to the degree that would be advisable in any important * application. All use of these programs is entirely at the user's own risk. */ #include #include #include #include "open.h" /* OPEN A FILE THAT MIGHT BE STANDARD INPUT OR OUTPUT. If the file name given is "-", this procedure just returns stdin or stdout, depending on whether the mode is for reading or writing. Otherwise, fopen is called. */ FILE *open_file_std ( char *fname, /* Name of file to open, or "-" for stdin/stdout */ char *mode /* Mode for opening: eg, "r" or "w" */ ) { if (strcmp(fname,"-")==0) { switch (mode[0]) { case 'r': { return stdin; } case 'w': { return stdout; } default: { fprintf(stderr,"Bad mode passed to open_file_std: %s\n",mode); exit(1); } } } else { return fopen(fname,mode); } }