#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

// This code demonstrates how to handle path names when opening files stores in 
// a directory that is not the current working directory.
//
// In order to run this code successfully you must create a file named data.txt in 
// the local directory c:\temp\CprE_185

int main()
{
	FILE* fp;

	char path[1024]; // the full path to the file will be stored here
	
	char dir[] = "C:\\temp\\CprE_185\\";   // remember that \ is an escape character. Use \\
	
	char fname[] = "data.txt";

	strcpy(path, dir); 	  // copy dir into path
	strcat(path, fname);  // concatenate path (i.e., dir) and fname; store the result in path.
	
	fp = fopen(path, "r"); // open the file for reading
	
	if( fp == NULL )  
	{
		printf("File [%s] not found!\n", path);
	}
	else
	{
		int a, b;
		fscanf(fp, "%d %d", &a, &b);  // read 2 ints
		printf("a=%d, b=%d\n", a, b); // print them
		fclose(fp);
	}
	
	system("pause");
}