Re: Writing a file to /dev/lp0 in c++
On 2007-09-14 13:40, MAx wrote:
Hi guys,
I am a c++ newbee and i am trying to write a file to a default
printer.
Please have a look at the code below and let me know if it'll work.
I know that similar code in C will work.
I was wondering how will the associated driver react.....
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
char buffer[50];
ifstream inFile("print_data.txt", ios::in);
ofstream outFile("/dev/lp0",ios::out);
No need to specify ios::in or ios::out.
if (!inFile){
cout << "Unable to open the file, print_data.txt"<< endl;
return 1;
}
if(!outFile){
cout << "Unable to open file, /dev/lp0" << endl;
return 1;
}
while (inFile >> buffer) // Copying data from text file
outFile << buffer; // Writing data to the Device file
Don't think that is a good idea. The stream have no idea how much it
should read for each iteration of the loop. I would probably use either
read() and write(), or use std::copy() together with stream iterators
(untested):
#include <algorithm>
#include <fstream>
#include <iterator>
int main()
{
std::ifstream in("test.txt");
std::ofstream out("out.txt");
std::istream_iterator<char> inIt(in);
std::istream_iterator<char> endIt;
std::ostream_iterator<char> outIt(out);
std::copy(inIt, endIt, outIt);
}
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