The following program is working fine some times and some times getting garbages while reading contents from the files.

i tried it months ago
then i got the garbage results but now its working fine.

but i unable to understand whats wrong with it.
i have a proof when i dint get the out put properly.
nothing important but i would like to know the problem.
do we need to follow any specific procedure when writting and reading from binary files.

please some one rectify .

#include<stdio.h>

void add_record();

void display();

void display_all();

void edit_record();

int find(int);

void edit_name();

struct stud{
	int rolno;
	float fee;
	char name[20];
	};

                int main() {
	struct stud s;
	int ch,c;
	do {
		__fpurge(stdin);
		printf("1. Add Record\n");
		printf("2. Display Record\n");
		printf("3. Display_all\n");
		printf("4. Edit record\n");
		printf("Enter Choice\n");
		scanf("%d",&ch);
	
		switch(ch) {
	
		case 1: add_record();
			break;
	
		case 2:display();
			break;
		case 3:display_all();
			break;		
		case 4:edit_record();
			break;
		
		default :printf("Invalid choice\n");
			break;
		
		case -1:exit(0);
		
		}
		printf("Enter Y or y  to continue\n");
		__fpurge(stdin);	
		c=getchar();
	
	}
	while(c=='y'||c=='Y');	
		
	return 0;
}	
	void display_all()
	{	
		struct stud s;
		FILE *fp;
		int count=0;	
		fp=fopen("Stu.dat","rb");
		
		while(fread(&s,sizeof(s),1,fp)) {
			printf("Name:  %s\n",s.name);
			printf("Rno:    %d\n",s.rolno);
			printf("Fee:    %f\n",s.fee);
			count++;
			}
		if(count<=0)
			printf("File is Empty\n");
	fclose(fp);
	}

	void display()
	{	
		struct stud s;
		FILE *fp;
		int rno;
		//unsigned char *fref=&rno;
		fp=fopen("Stu.dat","rb");
		printf("enter rno\n");
		scanf("%d",&rno);
		
		while(fread(&s,sizeof(s),1,fp)) {
		if(s.rolno==rno) {
			printf("Name:  %s\n",s.name);
			printf("Rno:   %d\n",s.rolno);
			printf("Fee:   %f\n",s.fee);
			fclose(fp);
			return ;
		}
		}
	printf("Record Not Found\n");
	fclose(fp);
	}

	void add_record()
	{
		FILE *fp;
		struct stud s;
		fp=fopen("Stu.dat","ab");
		if(fp==NULL)
		{
			printf("File cannot be opened\n");
		}
		__fpurge(stdin);
		printf("\nEnter name:");
		__fpurge(stdin);
		fgets(s.name,sizeof(s.name),stdin);
		s.name[strlen(s.name)-1]='\0';
		printf("\nEnter rollno:");
		scanf("%d",&s.rolno);
		printf("\nEnter fee:");
		scanf("%f",&s.fee);
		if((fwrite(&s,sizeof(s),1,fp)!=1))
			printf("Written Failed\n");
		fclose(fp);
	}
		
	void edit_record()
	{
		char ch;
		printf(" what do you want to edit\n");
		do {
			printf("Enter 1 to edit  Name\n");
			printf("Enter 2 to edit  Rno\n");
			printf("Enter 3 to edit  Fee\n");
			printf("Enter your chocie\n");
			__fpurge(stdin);
			scanf("%c",&ch);
			switch(ch) {
			case '1':
				edit_name();
				break;
			#if 0
			case 2:edit_rno();
				break;
			case 3:edit_fee();
				break;
			#endif
			default:printf("Invalid choice\n");
				break;
			}
			printf("\nEnter Y or y to continue\n");
			__fpurge(stdin);
			scanf("%c",&ch);
		}while(ch=='y'||ch=='Y');
	}

	int find(int rno)
	{
		FILE *fp;
		struct stud s;
		if((fp=fopen("Stu.dat","rb"))!=NULL)
		{
			while(fread(&s,sizeof(s),1,fp))
			{
				if(s.rolno==rno)
				fclose(fp);
				return rno;
			}
			fclose(fp);
			return -1;
		}
	printf("File_cannot_be_opened\n");
	
	}			
			
	void edit_name()
	{
		int rno;
		int change=0;
		char name[20];
		FILE *fp;
		struct stud s;
		printf("\nEnter Rno to Edit name:");
		scanf("%d",&rno);
		printf("Enter Name to change\n");
		__fpurge(stdin);
		fgets(name,sizeof(name),stdin);
		
		if( ( find(rno) ) == rno )
		{
			if((fp=fopen("Stu.dat","rb+"))!=NULL)
			{
			while(fread(&s,sizeof(s),1,fp))	{
			  if(s.rolno==rno)
			     {		
			    strcpy(s.name,name);
			    if((fwrite(&s,sizeof(s),1,fp))==1)
			  {
		               	printf(" Name_Change_Success\n");
                        		   change=1;
			}
			break;
			}
			}	
			if(change!=1)
			printf("Name not changed\n");
			}
			else
				printf("Fopen_Fail\n");
		}
						
		else 
			printf("No such rollno is present\n");
	fclose(fp);
	}

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