#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>
int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
DWORD bytes_read;
char buffer[65536];
LPSTR str;
ReadFile(GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE), buffer, 65536, &bytes_read, NULL);
str = malloc(bytes_read);
memcpy(str, buffer, bytes_read);
FILE *f = fopen("file.txt", "w");
fprintf(f, "stdin: %s", str);
fprintf(f, "hardcoded: %s\n", "á");
fclose(f);
return 0;
}
when run in powershell via echo á|.\Program.exe
, content of file.txt is:
stdin: ?
ýýýýhardcoded: á
I'm interested in replacing question mark with proper character retrieved from stdin
Stdin is apparently using CP437 charset. Reloading file with this encoding shows correct character