Thread: Getting an input stream to stop creating a file

Hi,

Code:

#include <fstream.h>

ifstream DATABASE_IN;
DATABASE_IN.open("afw.raw", ios::in || ios::binary || ios::nocreate);

This should open an instream from the binary file "afw.raw", if it exists.... but it shouldn't create the file if it doesn't already exist. Lo and behold, everytime I run the program, it has created the file "afw.raw". What am I doing wrong? How can I make sure that the file isn't created?

Thanks

That worked. Thanks.

No problem. Also, you are using the depricated form of the fstream header. I'd recommend using the newer standard version. With it you don't have to declare ios::nocreate ('nocreate' actually doesn't exist anymore) because if it doesn't exist with ifstreams it won't create it by default.

Code:

#include <fstream> //notice no ".h"

int main(void)
{
   ifstream DATABASE_IN;
   DATABASE_IN.open("afw.raw",ios::binary); //this is all you need
   //all your other stuff here.....
   return(0);
}