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+/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * SOURCE
+ *------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "../ini_file.h"
+
+#define MAX_STRING_SIZE 1024
+
+/* This function reads a string of size MAX_STRING_SIZE from stdin.
+ * It returns 0 if no valid string was retrieved. */
+ int get_string_from_stdin(const char *const prompt, char *string) {
+    int i, empty = 0;
+    fputs(prompt, stdout);
+    if (fgets(string, MAX_STRING_SIZE, stdin) == NULL) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    /* Replace \n characters for \0 and check if string is empty (only composed of spaces) */
+    for (i = 0; string[i] != '\0'; i++) {
+        if (string[i] == '\n') {
+            string[i] = '\0';
+            break;
+        }
+        if (!isspace(string[i])) {
+            empty = 1;
+        }
+    }
+    return empty;
+ }
+
+/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * MAIN
+ *------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+int main(void) {
+    char filename[MAX_STRING_SIZE], key[MAX_STRING_SIZE], value[MAX_STRING_SIZE];
+    /* The first section is global to the file */
+    char section[MAX_STRING_SIZE] = "global";
+    struct Ini_File *ini_file = ini_file_new();
+    /* Instruction on how to use this application */
+    printf("Following, type the requested fields of keys, values and section names.\n");
+    printf("If you wish to create a new section, enter a empty key.\n");
+    printf("If you wish to end the file, enter a empty section name.\n\n");
+    while (1) {
+        while (get_string_from_stdin("key:   ", key)) {
+            if (!get_string_from_stdin("value: ", value)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            ini_file_add_property(ini_file, key, value);
+        }
+        if (!get_string_from_stdin("\nsection: ", section)) {
+            break;
+        }
+        ini_file_add_section(ini_file, section);
+    }
+    if (get_string_from_stdin("\nPlease type the filename: ", filename)) {
+        if (ini_file_save(ini_file, filename) == 0) {
+            printf("The typed properties were saved to the file %s\n", filename);
+        } else {
+            fprintf(stderr, "It was not possible to save the typed properties to the file %s\n", filename);
+            ini_file_free(ini_file);
+            return EXIT_FAILURE;
+        }
+    } else {
+        printf("The typed properties are:\n\n");
+        ini_file_print_to(ini_file, stdout);
+    }
+    ini_file_free(ini_file);
+    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * END
+ *------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */