fopen in specific environments

[ataru]

Sorry to ask a semi implementation-dependent question, but I'm having some
trouble with fopen() in a Windows environment... I want to open a file a la

FILE *f;
f=fopen( "L:\Apps\CTRemote\pairs", "r" );

I know the file exists, but I can't seem to get it open like this. If I use
lower case letters, it says the syntax is bad or something. Is there some
stupid trick to this?

 

[Martin Ambuhl]

Sorry to ask a semi implementation-dependent question, but I'm having some
trouble with fopen() in a Windows environment... I want to open a file a la

FILE *f;
f=fopen( "L:\Apps\CTRemote\pairs", "r" );

You have specified a name with the three single characters '\A', '\C', and
'\p'. There is no reason to use the dyslexic command.com naming style, but
if you must:
f=fopen( "L:\\Apps\\CTRemote\\pairs", "r" );
Better is to avoid escape sequences entirely:
f=fopen( "L:/Apps/CTRemote/pairs", "r" );

I know the file exists, but I can't seem to get it open like this.

Because you misnamed it.