Thread: Cgywin won't open fstream files...

I code the way it is suppose to, but cgywin closes the window after compiling, and I don't understand why? Does anyone know how to troubleshoot cgywin for fstream?

It's mostly a hit or a miss...

Code:

#include<fstream>#include <string>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;


int main()
{
	const int RANGE = 12;
	string tab[ RANGE ];
	int i = 0, j = 0;
	
	ifstream reader( "records.txt");
	if ( ! reader ) 
	{
		cout << "Error opening file" << endl;
		return -1;
	}
	while ( ! reader.eof())
	{
		if ( ( i + 1) % 4 == 0 )
			getline( reader, tab[ i++ ], '\n' );
		else
			getline( reader, tab[ i++ ], '\t' );
	}
	reader.close();
	i = 0;
	while ( i < RANGE )
	{
		cout << endl << "Record Number: " << ++j << endl;
		cout << "Forname: " << tab[ i++ ] << endl;
		cout << "Surname: " << tab[ i++ ] << endl;
		cout << "Department: " << tab[ i++ ] << endl;
		cout << "Telephone: " << tab[ i++ ]  << endl;
	}
	return 0;
}

Can you run it from a Cygwin terminal directly rather than (I'm guessing, since you didn't say) from your IDE? I imagine you'll see the message "Error opening file".

If you want the cause of the error, also print strerror(errno) (and add #include <cerrno>).

Originally Posted by christop

If you want the cause of the error, also print strerror(errno) (and add #include <cerrno>).

fstream don't mess with errno, I believe.