Any System Calls works like WritePrivateProfilestring?
Andrew Veliath
>>>>> On the day of Wed, 07 May 1997 00:39:34 +0800,
>>>>> Raymond Li Cheuk Fai said:
Raymond> Hello, I want to do some 'simple' file handling, like
Raymond> writing a list of values into a file. I wish to be able
Raymond> to retrieve them easily (with only one or two functions,
Raymond> hopefully). The amount of data are less then couples of
Raymond> words.
Raymond> I really have no particular requirement on the
Raymond> file format. But one idea I have is to store the values
Raymond> in the format like ini file in Microsoft Windows, or in
Raymond> the format like Unix '.profile' file.
If you use X/Windows, you might use the X resource manager since you
can read and write XrmDatabases with it. You will have to do slightly
more than those Windows calls, however. See the man page for
functions like XrmGetFileDatabase, XrmPutFileDatabase, etc. for more
information.
Andrew
Raymond Li Cheuk Fai
Hello,
I want to do some 'simple' file handling, like writing a list of
values
into a file. I wish to be able to retrieve them easily (with only one or
two functions, hopefully). The amount of data are less then couples of
words.
I really have no particular requirement on the file format. But
one
idea I have is to store the values in the format like ini file in
Microsoft Windows, or in the format like Unix '.profile' file.
Are there any functions in Unix ( or particularly, Linux, which
I am
using ) that is handy to use, which works like Getprivateprofilestring
and writeprivateprofilestring ( may be mis-spelled, sorry ) in Windows?
Otherwise, do anyone have other approach to store and retreive
small amount of data easily?
Thanks for your help!
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Boyd Roberts
Fortunately UNIX has not been poluted, yet, by such monstrosities.
You will most probably have to roll you own, although it depends
what you want to do. Perhaps there is a better way, but you have
not revealed what you are trying to do.
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Uwe Bonnes
In comp.os.linux.development.system Raymond Li Cheuk Fai <supe...@planet.net.hk> wrote:
: Hello,
: I want to do some 'simple' file handling, like writing a list of
: values
: into a file. I wish to be able to retrieve them easily (with only one or
: two functions, hopefully). The amount of data are less then couples of
: words.
...
: Are there any functions in Unix ( or particularly, Linux, which
: I am
: using ) that is handy to use, which works like Getprivateprofilestring
: and writeprivateprofilestring ( may be mis-spelled, sorry ) in Windows?
You could have a look at the implementation of Getprivateprofilestring etc
in the window emulator Wine.
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James Youngman
In article <336F5E...@planet.net.hk>, supe...@planet.net.hk says...
> Are there any functions in Unix ( or particularly, Linux, which
>I am
>using ) that is handy to use, which works like Getprivateprofilestring
>and writeprivateprofilestring ( may be mis-spelled, sorry ) in Windows?
A portable version was published in Doctor Dobbs Journal in about 1993, give or
take a year or two. Failing that, use fprintf()...
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John Kodis
Previously, Raymond Li Cheuk Fai wrote:
> I want to do some 'simple' file handling, like writing a list of
> values into a file. I wish to be able to retrieve them easily (with
> only one or two functions, hopefully). The amount of data are less
> then couples of words.
Try `fprintf' to write things out, and `fscanf' to read things back
in. These are much more versitile than WritePrivateProfilestring, and
their names are much more legible as well. Hope this helps.
-- John Kodis.
Paul David Fox
Andrew Veliath wrote:
> If you use X/Windows, you might use the X resource manager since you
> can read and write XrmDatabases with it. You will have to do slightly
> more than those Windows calls, however. See the man page for
> functions like XrmGetFileDatabase, XrmPutFileDatabase, etc. for more
> information.
>
> Andrew
Dont under any circumstances use the Xrm garbage. You will not
only confuse yourself, you will confuse the user. (Reason: which
resource actually takes effect - it could be in the fallback resources,
the app resources in /usr/lib/X11, ~/<App-name>, on the command
line, etc etc).
Do the one and only one good thing Microsoft came up with - use
a .ini file (otherwise known as an .rc file under Unix).
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Erik Schnetter
Paul David Fox (pfoxS...@lehman.com) wrote:
: Andrew Veliath wrote:
: > If you use X/Windows, you might use the X resource manager since you
: > can read and write XrmDatabases with it. You will have to do slightly
: > more than those Windows calls, however. See the man page for
: > functions like XrmGetFileDatabase, XrmPutFileDatabase, etc. for more
: > information.
: >
: > Andrew
: Dont under any circumstances use the Xrm garbage. You will not
: only confuse yourself, you will confuse the user. (Reason: which
: resource actually takes effect - it could be in the fallback resources,
: the app resources in /usr/lib/X11, ~/<App-name>, on the command
: line, etc etc).
: Do the one and only one good thing Microsoft came up with - use
: a .ini file (otherwise known as an .rc file under Unix).
I am not sure whether you meant this is an ironic way, but...
...with your method, you will have the same problems: on a Unix
system, there should be
1. a system default, set up by the manager, to reflect the overall
system configuration ("which devices are available?")
2. a per user default (because users want to set up things their own
way)
3. a compiled-in default (so that the program doesn't need to crash if
there's no .ini/.rc file -- important the first time it is started)
4. and, last but not least, a method to override these values on the
command line (to "try" things just once, on the fly).
Which is exactly what Xrm gives you. Don't forget the Windows usually
doesn't have several users (hence no per user setup) and no command
lines (which might come in handy in certain situations).
As I said, I'm not sure whether you've been ironic.
-erik
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Albert D. Cahalan
zxm...@hp07.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (Erik Schnetter) writes:
> Paul David Fox (pfoxS...@lehman.com) wrote:
>> Dont under any circumstances use the Xrm garbage. You will not
>> only confuse yourself, you will confuse the user. (Reason: which
>> resource actually takes effect - it could be in the fallback resources,
>> the app resources in /usr/lib/X11, ~/<App-name>, on the command
>> line, etc etc).
>>
>> Do the one and only one good thing Microsoft came up with - use
>> a .ini file (otherwise known as an .rc file under Unix).
>
> I am not sure whether you meant this is an ironic way, but...
No, he is right.
> ...with your method, you will have the same problems: on a Unix
> system, there should be
>
> 1. a system default, set up by the manager, to reflect the overall
> system configuration ("which devices are available?")
>
> 2. a per user default (because users want to set up things
> their own way)
>
> 3. a compiled-in default (so that the program doesn't need to crash if
> there's no .ini/.rc file -- important the first time it is started)
>
> 4. and, last but not least, a method to override these values on the
> command line (to "try" things just once, on the fly).
>
> Which is exactly what Xrm gives you. Don't forget the Windows
> usually doesn't have several users (hence no per user setup)
> and no command lines (which might come in handy in certain
> situations).
Actually it does support multiple consecutive users. For this,
consecutive/concurrent makes no difference. It also lets you
launch GUI apps from the command line.
The X way is broken. Oh, what I'd do to have MS port Windows
to run on the Linux kernel. I'll get my asbestos underwear now.
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Christian D. Smith
In article <vc7pvus...@mercury.cs.uml.edu>,
Are you sick, or something (meant in the nicest possible way)?
If MS port Windblows to Linux, then all that shit Window$ software
will flood the Linux. With Wine, we will have a way of running
legacy apps, but they really need rewriting anyway because WinXX is
a broken API.
My 2 cents.
Christian
Don Read
During a brain fsck on 15 May 1997 13:09:13 -0400, Albert D. Cahalan
<no_junk_m...@mercury.cs.uml.edu> proclaimed ...
>
>
> Oh, what I'd do to have MS port Windows
>to run on the Linux kernel. I'll get my asbestos underwear now.
And probably another 32Meg of memory befor it will run ...
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In article <slrn5n247i...@kodis.jagunet.com>, ko...@jagunet.com says...
http://www.strangecreations.com/strange/library/snippets/snippets.htm
One source file implements what you want cross-platform. To find what
source code file that is look at something.NDX file.
Vladislav