Thread: URGENT - fstream

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    URGENT - fstream

    I need to open a file to read to and write to at the same time.
    I cant do

    infile.open(....)
    outfile.open(...)
    ...
    ...
    ..
    outfile.close();
    infile.close();


    It there a way to do this??

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    Write and read at the exact same time? I don't see why you would need to, and I don't know of any way to do it.
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    Look into the fstream class.
    "...the results are undefined, and we all know what "undefined" means: it means it works during development, it works during testing, and it blows up in your most important customers' faces." --Scott Meyers

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    Heres a link to a good tut about file I/O
    File I/O Tutorial
    For your case check out the link on Managing I/O streams
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