Thread: file redirection

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    file redirection

    hi everyone,

    I would like to know if file redirection can also be used compilers
    installed in Win32...like the one I have called vide. the file redirection I am talking about is of this type...

    < $proramName> file1.txt > file2.txt

    if it is possible implementing with Win32 can anyone suggest
    how I can implement the above operation currently I have program that uses command line arguments that I run this
    way:

    <proramName> file1.txt

    and it outputs on the screen but I would like to redirect the output to another file.
    thanks in advance.

    this is just thebegining of the of my program.


    int main(int argc, char* argv[])
    {

    ifstream infile;

    if (argc != 2)
    {
    cerr<<"\n no file name specified " <<endl;
    exit(-1);
    }

    infile.open( argv[1] );
    if ( !infile )
    {
    cerr<<"\n can't open " << argv[1] <<endl ;
    exit(-1);
    }

    .
    .
    .

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    If you want to do what I think you are talking about, you will need to change cerr to cout and then it should work. cerr is the output error stream and is non-redirectable, cout however will allow the output to be redirected to a file like you are attempting.
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