How to open the file using c

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hi,

i am working under windows environment.

i try to open the file in following manner. but file handle gives null values

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FILE * fp = fopen("http://SomeIp//filename.txt", "r");

it gives null values.

can you suggest any other way to read the file using http..

Posted 29-May-12 3:34am

@BangIndia

Updated 29-May-12 20:03pm

Rahul Rajat Singh

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KarstenK · Answer 1 · 2012-05-29T03:45:00

Solution 1

try this code from MS:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/149413[^]

Posted 29-May-12 3:45am

KarstenK

Updated 29-May-12 4:36am

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Ashish Tyagi 40 · Answer 2 · 2012-05-29T19:21:00

You can use fopen() to open local files, or remote (nfs) mounted file only, but not a http content, To get http content, you need to make a TCP connection to http server("SomeIp"), and than write a http request on that connection, than http server will reply back with desired content.
To implement this you can use boost(C++) or libcurl(C). Good Luck

Aescleal · Answer 3 · 2012-05-29T05:02:00

Solution 2

Whenever I want to GET an HTTP entity I reach for libcurl[^]. It'll do read only sequential access of the type you seem to be after.

Posted 29-May-12 5:02am

Aescleal