Translating linked lists

Heres the problem I'm trying to take a file created from a previous program and add it to a link list, but it does not seem to make through the translator portion. It will go into a loop.
Any sugestions will be appreciated.
Alpha22

Code:

int translateBudrec()
{
   int numErrors = 0;       // holds return value of whether an error occurred

   BudrecType5 inRec5;      // this is a record to hold lab 5 data 
   BudrecType6 newRec6;    //this is a record to hold lab 6 data

   string fileName5;
   string fileName6;   
    
    cout << "Enter the lab5 binary file to read:" << flush;
    cin >> fileName5;
    inFile.open(fileName5.c_str(), ios::binary); 
    
    cout << "Enter the lab6 binary file to create:" << flush;
    cin >> fileName6;
    outFile.open(fileName6.c_str(), ios::binary);  
 
    if (inFile && outFile){
      
      inFile.read(reinterpret_cast<char *>(&inRec5), sizeof(inRec5));
      cout << endl << "The rec 5 amount is: " << inRec5.catAmts << endl;
      while (!inFile.eof()) {
        
        strcpy(newRec6.catName, inRec5.catName);
        newRec6.catAmts = inRec5.catAmts;
        newRec6.catPcts = inRec5.catPcts;
        newRec6.nextRec = NULL;  
        
        cout << "The rec 6 amount is: " << newRec6.catAmts << endl;

       //after this line program goes into a loop repeating the rec 6 amount.   

    outFile.write(reinterpret_cast<char *>(&newRec6), sizeof(newRec6));
        } // end while not end of file
      } else {
        cout << "File : " << fileName5.c_str() << " does not exist" << endl;
        numErrors = 1;
    }
    inFile.clear();
    outFile.clear();
    inFile.close();
    outFile.close();

    return numErrors; 

}//end translateBudrec

Im not exactly sure what you are trying to do but if you are trying to create a linked list you need to allocated new memory every time you read in a new record and have the previous record link to the next one. Currenlty you are just use one record and overwriting the information in that record evey time you read a line in the file.

You aren't reading anything inside the loop. Your call to inFile.read happens before the loop starts, so the loop goes on forever never reading anything else.

Originally Posted by Daved

You aren't reading anything inside the loop. Your call to inFile.read happens before the loop starts, so the loop goes on forever never reading anything else.

Good point. I missed that one. Even if he was reading from the file he would not have a linked list.

You also do not have a head pointer for your linked list.