#ifndef _FILE_H
#define _FILE_H


#include	<stdio.h>			/* FILE */
#include	<sys/stat.h>		/* struct stat */


/* file data structure */
typedef struct
{
	char *filename;						/* filename */
	FILE *fp;							/* file pointer */
	BOOL newfile;						/* newfile flag */
	struct stat buf;					/* status buffer */
} File;


/* function prototypes */
File *stat_file(const char *filename);
void open_file(File *file);
void close_file(File *file);
void file_error(const File *file, const char *text);


/* read mode defines */
#define READ_MODE_SZ		2
#define	OVERWRITE_MODE		"w+"
#define	APPEND_MODE			"r+"


#endif