Category : C Source Code
Archive   : WTWG12B.ZIP
Filename : TXT2MCR.C

 
Output of file : TXT2MCR.C contained in archive : WTWG12B.ZIP
static char helptext[] = {
"TXT2MCR - this program converts an ascii file to a macro file\n"
" the .txt file can be created with any text editor.\n"
" PARAMETERS: filename ( leave out the .txt extension )\n"
" filename.txt will be converted to filename.mcr\n"
};

/* to compile this program under TurboC:
* tcc -mt -lt -Z -d txt2mcr.c
*/

#include
#include
#include

#define MOUSE 128

main ( int argc, char **argv )
{

int n;
unsigned char c;

int nchar =0;

char in_name[13], out_name[13];
FILE *inf, *outf;

if ( argc == 1 || *argv[1] == '?' || (strlen (argv[1]) > 8) )
{
puts (helptext);
exit (1);
}

strcpy (in_name, argv[1] );
strcpy (out_name, in_name);
strcat (in_name, ".txt" );
strcat (out_name, ".mcr" );

if ( NULL == ( inf=fopen (in_name, "rb") ) )
{
printf ("FILE NOT FOUND %s\n\n%s\n",in_name,helptext);
exit (1);
}

if ( NULL == ( outf=fopen (out_name, "wb") ) )
{
printf ("CANNOT OPEN %s\n\n%s\n",out_name,helptext);
exit (1);
}


while ( ! feof (inf) )
{
if ( 1 == fread ( &c, sizeof (c), 1, inf) )
{
++nchar;
n = c;
if ( n == MOUSE )
{
puts ("Input file contains MOUSE character\n"
"Illegal character 0x80 = 128\n"
"TERMINATING\n");
exit (10);
}

if ( 1 != fwrite ( &n, sizeof(n), 1, outf ) )
{
puts ("ERROR DURING OUTPUT...TERMINATING");
exit (10);
}
}

}

fclose (inf);
fclose (outf);


printf (
"MACRO FILE %s successfully created, %i characters transferred\n",
out_name, nchar);





return (0); /* main */
}

  3 Responses to “Category : C Source Code
Archive   : WTWG12B.ZIP
Filename : TXT2MCR.C
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  1. Daniel says:
    January 27, 2013 at 3:59 pm

    Very nice! Thank you for this wonderful archive. I wonder why I found it only now. Long live the BBS file archives!

  2. Joshie says:
    March 18, 2014 at 4:57 pm

    This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.

  3. DiskingRound says:
    January 14, 2015 at 10:57 pm

    But one thing that puzzles me is the “mtswslnkmcjklsdlsbdmMICROSOFT” string. There is an article about it here. It is definitely worth a read: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/mtswslnk/