/*  Showfile.c  (c) Kari Laitinen

    http://www.naturalprogramming.com/

    2013-11-28  File created.
    2013-11-28  Last modification.

*/

#include  <stdio.h>

int main()
{
   FILE*  file_to_print ;
   char   file_name_from_user[ 40 ] ;
   char   character_from_file ;
   int    character_counter  =  0  ;

   printf( "\n\n This program prints the contents of a text"
           "\n file to the screen. Please, give the name"
           "\n of a text file: " ) ;

   gets( file_name_from_user ) ;

   file_to_print  =  fopen( file_name_from_user, "r" ) ;

   if ( file_to_print  ==  0 )
   {
      printf( "\n Cannot open file %s\n", file_name_from_user ) ;
   }
   else
   {
      character_from_file  =  getc( file_to_print ) ;

      while ( character_from_file  !=  EOF )
      {
         printf( "%c", character_from_file ) ;
         character_counter  ++  ;
         character_from_file  =  getc( file_to_print ) ;
      }

      fclose( file_to_print ) ;

      printf( "\n\n %d characters were printed to the screen.\n",
              character_counter ) ;
   }
}