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From: Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>
Subject: Re: Including source code *from* a file in #+BEGIN_SRC blocks
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:22:10 -0500
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Eric Schulte <eric.schulte@gmx.com> wrote:

> Sankalp <sankalpkhare@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Hi,
> > I've been using org mode's #+BEGIN_SRC ... <code> #+END_SRC feature to
> > display source code.
> >
> > I was wondering if there's a way to include code from an external file.
> > Like the *\lstinputlisting* feature in the LaTeX *listings* package.
> >
> 
> You could write a code block which when executed wraps the file's
> contents in a code block which is then inserted into the Org-mode
> buffer.  For example if your external file is named foo.c and holds C
> code the following
> 
> #+begin_src sh :exports results :results raw output
>   echo "#+BEGIN_SRC C"
>   cat foo.c
>   echo "#+END_SRC"
> #+end_src
> 
> will insert its contents into the buffer during every export.
> 

That might be necessary in more complex situations, but in the OP's case
(at least, to the extent that I understand it), Puneeth's suggestion of

#+begin_src c :exports code
#+include: foo.c
#+end_src

seems to work fine.

Nick