🏨 Hostel Management System (C Program)

A simple console-based Hostel Management System developed in C using file handling.
This project performs basic CRUD operations (Create, Read, Search, Delete) for managing hostel student records.

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📌 Project Description

This system allows the user to:

• Add new student records
• View all student records
• Search for a student by ID
• Delete a student record
• Store data permanently using file handling

All records are stored in a binary file named hostel.txt.

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🛠️ Technologies Used

• Language: C

Concepts Used

• Structures
• File Handling (Binary Files)
• Functions
• Switch Case
• Looping (while loop)

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📁 Project Structure

Hostel-Management-System
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├── hostel_management.c
├── hostel.txt (auto-generated after adding records)
└── README.md

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⚙️ Features Implemented

1️⃣ Add Student

Takes input:

• Student ID
• Name
• Room Number
• Fees

Stores data in hostel.txt using binary file mode.

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2️⃣ View Students

Displays all stored student records in tabular format.

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3️⃣ Search Student

• Searches a student record using Student ID
• Displays student details if found

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4️⃣ Delete Student

• Deletes a student record by ID
• Uses a temporary file (temp.txt) to remove the selected record

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💾 Data Storage

• Records are stored in binary format
• File used: hostel.txt
• Temporary file used during deletion: temp.txt