csci4061/notes/14-virtual-memory-code/mmap-specific-stock.c
Michael Zhang 041f660ccd
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2018-01-29 17:28:37 -06:00

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// Use mmap() to print the symbol of a specific stock that is in a
// binary file.
#include "stock.h"
int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
if(argc < 3){
printf("usage: %s <stock.dat> <stock_num>\n",argv[0]);
exit(1);
}
int in_fd = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY);
int stock_num = atoi(argv[2]); // index of stock to retrieve
struct stat stat_buf;
fstat(in_fd, &stat_buf); // get stats on the open file such as size
int size = stat_buf.st_size; // size for mmap()'ed memory is size of file
stock_t *stocks = // pointer to file contents as stock_array
mmap(NULL, size, PROT_READ, // call mmap with given size and file descriptor
MAP_SHARED, in_fd, 0); // read/write, potentially share, offset 0
printf("%s\n",stocks[stock_num].symbol); // access indicated stock via mapped mem
munmap(stocks, size); // unmap and close file
close(in_fd);
return 0;
}