Posted By: Grant
'Removing' the oldest line/row from a .CSV file - 09/07/17 23:25
Greetings all,
I'm working on a way to 'remove' the oldest line/row from a .CSV file after adding a new line, using the file_append() function during each bar-interval. I say 'remove' between apostrophes because I understand that I need to copy the full file content to another file without including the line/row that I want to 'remove'. To accomplish this I found the following sample code, that I want to adjust for my own needs:
(source: https://www.rosettacode.org/wiki/Remove_lines_from_a_file#C)
One of the first problems I'm having, is that the memmove() function needs the <string.h> header, which isn't(?) supported by Zorro.
Is there a workaround for this function?
Thanks for any feedback!
Grant
I'm working on a way to 'remove' the oldest line/row from a .CSV file after adding a new line, using the file_append() function during each bar-interval. I say 'remove' between apostrophes because I understand that I need to copy the full file content to another file without including the line/row that I want to 'remove'. To accomplish this I found the following sample code, that I want to adjust for my own needs:
Code:
#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> /* for atoi() and malloc() */ #include <string.h> /* for memmove() */ /* Conveniently print to standard error and exit nonzero. */ #define ERROR(fmt, arg) return fprintf(stderr, fmt "n", arg) int main(int argc, char **argv) { FILE *fp; char *buf; size_t sz; int start, count, lines = 1; int dest = 0, src = 0, pos = -1; /* Initialization and sanity checks */ if (argc != 4) ERROR("Usage: %s <file> <start> <count>", argv[0]); if ((count = atoi(argv[3])) < 1) /* We're a no-op. */ return 0; if ((start = atoi(argv[2])) < 1) ERROR("Error: <start> (%d) must be positive", start); if ((fp = fopen(argv[1], "r")) == NULL) ERROR("No such file: %s", argv[1]); /* Determine filesize and allocate a buffer accordingly. */ fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_END); sz = ftell(fp); buf = malloc(sz + 1); rewind(fp); /* Fill the buffer, count lines, and remember a few important offsets. */ while ((buf[++pos] = fgetc(fp)) != EOF) { if (buf[pos] == 'n') { ++lines; if (lines == start) dest = pos + 1; if (lines == start + count) src = pos + 1; } } /* We've been asked to do something weird; clean up and bail. */ if (start + count > lines) { free(buf); fclose(fp); ERROR("Error: invalid parameters for file with %d lines", --lines); } /* Overwrite the lines to be deleted with the survivors. */ memmove(buf + dest, buf + src, pos - src); /* Reopen the file and write back just enough of the buffer. */ freopen(argv[1], "w", fp); fwrite(buf, pos - src + dest, 1, fp); free(buf); fclose(fp); return 0; }
(source: https://www.rosettacode.org/wiki/Remove_lines_from_a_file#C)
One of the first problems I'm having, is that the memmove() function needs the <string.h> header, which isn't(?) supported by Zorro.
Is there a workaround for this function?
Thanks for any feedback!
Grant