Re: extra character when writing file

Jim wrote:
> Hi There,
>
> I'm trying to read a file character by character.  When I write the
> file out, there is one extra character which shows on the screen as a
> solid circle with a small question mark in the middle.
>
> Here is what I have:
>
> 	infile = fopen("encrypted.txt", "r");
> 	outfile = fopen("plain.txt", "w");
>
> 	while(!feof(infile)) {
> 		ch = fgetc(infile);
> 		fputc(ch, outfile);
> 	}
>
>         fclose(infile);
>         fclose(outfile);
>
> Can someone please tell me why this character is getting added to the
> outfile?

This is a FAQ...

  http://c-faq.com/stdio/feof.html

--
Peter