/* -*- mode: c; c-basic-offset: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*- * vim:expandtab:shiftwidth=8:tabstop=8: */ #define _GNU_SOURCE #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #define BUFSIZE (1024*1024) /* Function: pwrite character '+' to at (man pwrite) * Return: 0 success * 1 failure */ int main(int argc, char**argv) { int p_size; unsigned int offset; char *filename; int fd; char buf[] = "+++"; char *end; if(argc != 3) { fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s (KB)\n", argv[0]); exit(1); } filename = argv[1]; offset = strtoul(argv[2], &end, 10); if (*end) { fprintf(stderr, " parameter should be integer\n"); exit(1); } fd = open(filename, O_CREAT|O_RDWR, 0644); if (fd == -1) { fprintf(stderr, "Opening %s fails (%s)\n", filename, strerror(errno)); return 1; } /* write the character '+' at offset */ p_size = pwrite(fd, buf, 1, offset); if (p_size != 1) { fprintf(stderr, "pwrite %s fails (%s)\n", filename, strerror(errno)); close(fd); return 1; } close(fd); return 0; }