C program reads from .txt file - error!

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This is a real beginner question! 

 I have a simple C program that reads from a txt file. I wrote it in the NIOS II IDE. The txt file is in the same directory on my hard drive as the C file. It&#39;s a real simple program - basically it reads from the file one character at a time, and outputs the characters to the screen.  When I build the project, the txt file is added to the project list. However, when I run it on the hardware (a Stratix), it doesn&#39;t work.   So I suppose it&#39;s not actually transferring the txt file to the device. Do I manually have to transfer the .txt file to the FLASH memory? How do I do this in the IDE? How do I have to modify my C code to find the txt file in the Flash memory?  Thanks a megabyte!  Studi   ps: here is my C program, to be thorough:  ------------------ # include <stdio.h>  int main (void) {  FILE *input;  char c;    //open file for reading only  input = fopen("input.txt", "r");     //check input file for errors - probably file does not exist  if (input == NULL)  {  fprintf(stderr, "Error - can not open file\n");  return 1;  }    else   {  printf("File opened successfully. Contents:\n\n");    while(1)   { /* keep looping... */  c = fgetc(input);  if(c!=EOF)   {  printf("%c", c);   /* print the file one character at a time */  }   else  {  break; /* ...break when EOF is reached */  }  }   printf("\n\nNow closing file...\n");  fclose(input);  }    return 0; }   ------------ The output is:  Error - can not open file

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put your .txt file into .zip arhive (not compressed!), 

Run nios IDE,  your project&#39;s properties-> Associated System Library ->  System Library Properties...->System Library->Software Components ->  Altera Zip RO File System -> Zip File (uncompressed): add your zip-file.