Thread: getline() and ifstream

here is the deal, if you press enter, no prob, it waits for a filename, if you enter a bad filename, fin fails and it loops to ask for a valid filename, however, if you then enter a valid filename, it continues to loop regardless.

Here is the code:

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
	cout << "enter filename: ";
	string filename;
	getline(cin, filename);
	
	while (filename.empty()) getline(cin, filename);
	
	ifstream fin(filename.c_str());

	while (fin.fail())
	{
		cout << "ERROR: enter filename: ";
		getline(cin, filename);
		
		while (filename.empty()) getline(cin, filename);

		ifstream fin(filename.c_str());
	}
	return 0;
}

I think the problem is that fin does not get rediefined, but i am not sure how to get around it. Thanks

-quizkiwi