I can't seem to figure out why I cannot create a file, when I specify a nonexistent file, it fails, but I can reopen files that already exist. Also I am not sure if deleting the filestream is neccessary
Code:#include <fstream> class Record{ private: char* file_name; //the location of the record on the disk fstream* pfile; //pointer to the file stream //it is null if the stream is closed public: Record(); ~Record(); void open_file(char* input_string); void close_file(); }; Record::Record() { pfile=NULL; } void Record::open_file(char* input_string) { close_file(); file_name = new char[strlen(input_string)+1]; strcpy(file_name, input_string); pfile = new fstream(file_name, ios::binary | ios::in | ios::out); if(!*pfile) throw file_name; } void Record::close_file() { if(pfile!=NULL) { pfile->close(); delete pfile;//Is this neccesary? pfile=NULL; } } Record::~Record() { delete [] file_name; close_file(); }