;open a file and write a few strings into it
extern printf
section .text
global _start ;must be declared for linker (ld)
_start: ;tells linker entry point
;open the file for reading
mov eax, 5 ; sys_open
mov ebx, filename
mov ecx, 0 ; 1 for writing access; 0 for read, 2 for read&write
int 0x80
mov [fd], ax ; file descriptor
;--------------------------------------------------------
push eax
push format1
call printf
pop ebx
pop ebx
;--------------------------------------------------------
;seek the end of the file ;returns the filesize in eax
mov ebx,0
mov bx, [fd] ; file descriptor
mov eax, 19; sys_lseek
mov edx, 2 ; 0 start of file, 1 current position, 2 end of file
mov ecx,0 ; offset
int 0x80
mov [size],eax ; store the file size in size
;--------------------------------------------------------
;print the size of the file
push eax
push format1
call printf
pop ebx
pop ebx
;--------------------------------------------------------
;seek the beginning of the file ;
mov eax, 19; sys_lseek
mov ebx,0
mov bx, [fd] ;file descriptor
mov edx, 0 ; 0 start of file, 1 current position, 2 end of file
mov ecx,0 ; offset
int 0x80
;print the current location
push eax
push format1
call printf
pop ebx
pop ebx
;--------------------------------------------------------
;get the old memory break
mov eax, 45 ; sys_brk() for memory allocation
xor ebx, ebx
int 0x80 ;
mov [mem_brk], eax
push eax
push format1
call printf
pop ebx
pop ebx
;-------------
;create a new break
mov eax, 45 ; sys_brk() for memory allocation
mov ebx, [mem_brk] ; get current break
add ebx , dword [size] ; add number of bytes to allocate to current break
;add ebx , 12 ; add number of bytes to allocate to current break
int 0x80 ;
;-----------------
;show the new memory break
mov eax, 45 ; sys_brk() for memory allocation
xor ebx, 0
int 0x80 ;
push eax
push format1
call printf
pop ebx
pop ebx
;--------------
;read the file
mov edx, [size]; number of bytes to read
xor ebx, ebx
mov bx, [fd] ;file descriptor
mov ecx, [mem_brk] ; read string to be stored in the allocated space
mov eax, 3 ; sys_read
int 0x80
;--------------
mov eax, [mem_brk]
push eax
push format
call printf
pop ebx
pop ebx
;---------------------------------------------------
;free memory
mov ebx, [mem_brk] ; old memory break
mov eax, 45 ; sys_brk() for memory allocation
int 80h
;----------------
;--------------
;close the file
xor ebx,ebx
mov ebx, [fd]
mov eax, 6 ; sys_close
int 0x80
mov eax, 1
mov ebx ,0
int 0x80
section .data
filename db 'test_file.txt',0x0
format1 db 'size =%d',0xa,0x0
format db '%s',0xa,0x0
section .bss
fd resw 1 ; the file descriptor
size resd 1
mem_brk resd 1
section .bss
