Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site philabs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!cmcl2!philabs!brb From: brb@philabs.UUCP (Brian Bertan) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: Re: Pathnames in "C" compilers (Help!) Message-ID: <463@philabs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 1-Oct-85 11:33:09 EDT Article-I.D.: philabs.463 Posted: Tue Oct 1 11:33:09 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Oct-85 07:43:19 EDT References: <450@philabs.UUCP> <103700016@ima.UUCP> Organization: Philips Labs, Briarcliff Manor, NY Lines: 21 >The function: > infile=fopen("c:\usr\text\things.txt","r") >returns NULL to infile. >The function: > infile=fopen("things.txt","r") >does NOT return NULL -- it succeeds in opening the file when the >program is executed from directory \usr\text. I received many responses, and I tried two suggestions: "c:\\usr\\text\\things.txt" worked with both the Lattice and Mark Williams compilers. "c:/usr/text/things.txt" did not work with either compiler. My thanks to everyone for helping me with this. Brian Bertan Philips Labs Briarcliff Manor, NY {allegra | decvax | seismo}!philabs!brb (914) 945-6309