I can't read the first byte of an EXE file!!!!!

[Medvedev]

i write this code to read the first byte from my EXE and compare it
with the entered EXE file
the byte read from both files supposed to be the same but that's don't
happened!!
i tried also with different EXE's but it also failed to read the first
byte which is "M"
--
here is the code:

FILE *a,*b;
int z;
char str1[2];
char str2[2];

a= fopen(argv[0],"rb"); //try to change both file with
another EXE's and u will also fail
b= fopen(argv[1],"rb+");

z= fread(str1,1,1,a);
if (z !=1)
printf("-101");

z= fread(str2,1,1,b);
if (z !=1)
printf("-102");

if(str1 == str2)
{
fwrite("a",1,1,b); // i want to change the first byte
with this char
printf("OK");
}else{
fwrite(str1,1,1,b);
printf("NO");
}
fclose(a);
fclose(b);

 

[Goedson Paixao]

Medvedev escreveu:

i write this code to read the first byte from my EXE and compare it
with the entered EXE file
the byte read from both files supposed to be the same but that's don't
happened!!
i tried also with different EXE's but it also failed to read the first
byte which is "M"
--
here is the code:
char str1[2];
char str2[2];
if(str1 == str2)

Here you're comparing the two pointers str1 and str2 (which will never
be equal). What you want to do is

if (str1[0] == str2[0])

to compare the read bytes.

 

[Medvedev]

Medvedev escreveu:

i write this code to read the first byte from my EXE and compare it
with the entered EXE file
the byte read from both files supposed to be the same but that's don't
happened!!
i tried also with different EXE's but it also failed to read the first
byte which is "M"
--
here is the code:
char str1[2];
char str2[2];
if(str1 == str2)

Here you're comparing the two pointers str1 and str2 (which will never
be equal). What you want to do is

if (str1[0] == str2[0])

to compare the read bytes.

it works but it don't configure the EXE as i called
fwrite("a",1,1,b);
why?!

 

[Adem24]

Medvedev escreveu:

i write this code to read the first byte from my EXE and compare it
with the entered EXE file
the byte read from both files supposed to be the same but that's don't
happened!!
i tried also with different EXE's but it also failed to read the first
byte which is "M"
--
here is the code:
char str1[2];
char str2[2];
if(str1 == str2)

Here you're comparing the two pointers str1 and str2 (which will never
be equal). What you want to do is

if (str1[0] == str2[0])

to compare the read bytes.

it works but it don't configure the EXE as i called
fwrite("a",1,1,b);
why?!

Check the position of the file pointer...
And of course the file opening mode...

 

[Goedson Paixao]

Medvedev escreveu:

i write this code to read the first byte from my EXE and compare it
with the entered EXE file
the byte read from both files supposed to be the same but that's don't
happened!!
i tried also with different EXE's but it also failed to read the first
byte which is "M"
--
here is the code:
    char str1[2];
    char str2[2];
    if(str1 == str2)

Here you're comparing the two pointers str1 and str2 (which will never
be equal). What you want to do is

if (str1[0] == str2[0])

to compare the read bytes.

it works but it don't configure the EXE as i called
fwrite("a",1,1,b);
why?!

In order to write the first byte of the file, you first need to move
back to that position (you've already read it before). Doing this:

fseek(b, 0L, SEEK_SET);

before the fwrite, should do the trick.