Thread: fstream questions!

So in the constructor for my class, i want it to check to see if the list file is there list.bin if so i want it to open it, else wise, i'd like it to create it. I also want it to ignore it if it's empty, but it doesn't seems to work.

Code:

    std::ifstream fin("list.bin", ios::binary); //open it to read? Can this also create it?
    if (!fin){ // if it doesn't exist? this works.
        wxMessageBox("File Function Failed!"); 
    }
    else {  // if it exists...
        if(!fin.eof()){ // .. but what if it's empty?
            wxMessageBox("NOT EMPTY!"); // this happens with a seemingly empty file!
            
        }
        else {
            wxMessageBox(" EMPTY!"); 
            fin.close(); // this is in the wrong place, ignore it!
        }
    }