Thread: file I/O

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    file I/O

    how can I reopen a file later in a program and ot erase everything in it???????
    Ofstream doesn't work it erases everything
    Jeff Paddon
    Undergraduate Research Assistant
    Physics Department
    St. Francis Xavier University

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    Code:
    #include <fstream.h>
    
    int main(void)
    {
      const char FILE_NAME[]="Test.txt";  
    
      fstream File( FILE_NAME, ios::in || ios::out );
    
      return 0;
    }

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    Re: file I/O

    Originally posted by kas2002
    Ofstream doesn't work it erases everything
    Yes it does, just give ios::app flag to it.
    Code:
    ofstream output("code.cpp",ios::app);

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