Thread: End of file question

Is the EOF character specific to the C/C++ language or is it an actual byte at the end of every file? I need to create a file from an input stream and I'm having difficulties determining then end of the file being sent.

man I feel stupid. the one place I haven't checked

No worries. I've read that tutorial several times, and I am unable to make any sense of it.

I need to create a file from an input stream and I'm having difficulties determining then end of the file being sent.

Code:

while( getline(inFile, input) )
{
    //do something with the input
}

That while loop will terminate if a stream error occurs that prevents you from reading from the file, or if you hit the end of the file.

(Any read function that returns an istream& can be used similarly.)

Thanks 7stud, except the stream I am using is sockets, and just by thinking it through I don't think there's any way to do that with recieving. I think the only way is to use specific protocol's file transfer methods.