Trying to run/create a File Copy Program

[Mankthetank19]

Let me say that I am a newb to the world of Linux/Unix/Fedora. I am in a Fedora programming class and I am trying to run/create a File Copy Program through the Terminal. I have the code completed but I am having a hard time running the program because the program can't find my input or output files and it is really frustrating. I have created two text files that are located in /home/software/lab3a.txt and /home/software/lab3ab.txt

I hope I can get a quick answer for this so I can continue on with my other programming assignments.

My question is: Where would I place the lab3a.txt and lab3ab.txt in the code below

Thanks again - I hope I will be learning much more here

Code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

main()
{
FILE *input_file,
*output_file;

char input_name[15],
output_name[15];

int c;

puts("*** File Copy Program ***" );

printf("Enter the name of the input file :");
scanf("%s", input_name);

printf("Enter the name of the output file :");
scanf("%s", output_name);

input_file = fopen(input_name, "r");
if (input_file == NULL)
{
puts("*** Can't open input file ***");
exit(0);
}

output_file = fopen(output_name, "w");
if (output_file == NULL)
{
puts("*** Can't open output file ***");
exit(0);
}

while ((c = getc(input_file)) != EOF)
putc(c, output_file);

fclose(input_file);
fclose(output_file);
}

[rkowalick]

The code works fine. It's interactive. Here is my experience with the program and the bold is what I typed in:

$./a.out
*** File Copy Program ***
Enter the name of the input file :input.txt
Enter the name of the output file :output.txt

Make sure the files exist too! This program was run with both txt files in the same directory as the executable.

[Mankthetank19]

Thanks for the assistance. Everything is working now