simple scanf problem

[Latem]

OK, maybe I forgot how to use scanf in C, but from the docs I can't seem to find out how to do this.

Basically I print out "Enter a filename, or press ENTER to print to the screen". Then the user can type in a filename, or just press ENTER to print whatever to the screen.

Basically:

int main()
{
	char filename[256];

	printf("Enter a file name or press ENTER to print to screen.\n");

	if((scanf("%s", &filename)) == EOF) /* this is wrong. how can I do it? */
	{
		/* print stuff to the screen */
	}
	else
	{
		/* open the FILE  with filename and print stuff to the file*/
	}
}

The problem is, scanf doesn't return until you type somthing, then press ENTER. I hope it makes sense what I am asking. Is it even possible with scanf? I know it can be done easily with getc/getchar, but for some reason I thing I remember being able to do this with scanf long time ago. But can't now.

Thanks,

Latem

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I don't think you can do what you want to do with scanf(). Use fgets() instead.

[Paul McKenzie]

int main()
{
	char filename[256];

	printf("Enter a file name or press ENTER to print to screen.\n");

	if((scanf("%s", &filename)) == EOF) /* this is wrong. how can I do it? */

First, the call to scanf() is incorrect:

	scanf("%s", filename)

No "&".

Regards,

Paul McKenzie