Rockwell Automation 1771-DMC_DMC1_DMC4_DXPS Control Coprocessor User Manual - Manual (Page 59)

Chapter 4
Using the Programming Environment
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Example Program to Access RAM Disk
Refer to the following C program (CAT.C) as an example of accessing
the control-coprocessor RAM disk. Note the use of standard C library
functions—e.g.,
fopen() , getc() , and fclose() —to access RAM-
disk files.
You create the file, compile it, and send it to OS-9 as a binary file.
Then, you run the C program on OS-9.
/***** cat.c ::: copy from files to standard out *****
*
* This program is used as an example so you can learn to use the
* Standard Library functions for processing characters from an
* input file and writing characters on the standard output,
* and so you can use a command in a “pipeline” with redirection
* modifiers (’<’ and ’>’). Try doing a:
*
* cat file1 file2 file3 > outfile
*
* type of operation to see how “cat” can merge files...
*
* “What goes around, comes around.”
*/
/* First, includes and defines... */
#include <stdio.h> /* needed for ’getc()’ and ’putchar()’ */
#include <errno.h> /* needed for ’errno’ to work */
/* then the function and parameter declarations... */
main ( argc, argv )
int argc;
char **argv;
/* then the body of executable function statements... */
{
/* private variable declarations */
FILE *infil; /* file to copy to standard output */
int c, /* character (or EOF) gotten from input file */
i; /* which command line argument is being processed */
/*
* This command has no option switches. It simply copies the
* input file(s) character by character to standard output.
* If only the command itself is specified, it does nothing.
* Probably better tell the user such...!
*/
if ( argc == 1 ) /* no file names on command line */
{
fprintf ( stderr, “No files on command line. Exiting.\n” );
exit ( 0 );
}