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#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { FILE *in, *out; char ch; if(argc!=3) { printf("You forgot to enter a filename.\n"); exit(1); } if((in=fopen(argv[1], "rb")) == NULL) { printf("Cannot open input file.\n"); exit(1); } if((out=fopen(argv[2], "wb")) == NULL) { printf("Cannot open output file.\n"); exit(1); } while(!feof(in)) { ch = getc(in); if(ferror(in)) { printf("Read Error"); clearerr(in); break; } else { if(!feof(in)) putc(ch, out); if(ferror(out)) { printf("Write Error"); clearerr(out); break; } } } fclose(in); fclose(out); return 0; }